Marine Corps Moms: "Audie Murphy would be proud"

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April 09, 2005

"Audie Murphy would be proud"

Owen West, a third-generation infantry Marine who served in OIF with First Force Recon, sent along a link to a spot-on critique of how media coverage of military action is missing the mark. It appears in the 4/07/05 edition of National Review Online. Here's an excerpt:

In Iraq, the most famous soldiers to emerge are PFC Jessica Lynch and PFC Lynndie England, a victim and criminal, respectively. Their public images are the offspring of Vietnam. Celebrity and cynicism have trumped achievement.
Habits die hard, for the press as well as for the rest of us. The disproportionate coverage of seven guards at Abu Ghraib and one quick-acting Marine in a mosque trumped the extraordinary victory won by thousands of Marines and soldiers in Fallujah, now one of the safest cities in the Sunni Triangle. The obsessive spotlight damaged the image of the American soldier at home while failing to assuage our detractors abroad. America is proud of its collective conscience, but self-flagellation has a deteriorating effect.

A nation's selection of its heroes is a reflection of its values. Jihadists like Zarqawi are not idealistic agrarian reformers. We are not a nation of victims. The press ought to make a real effort to show the tough guys who fight for us.

Read the rest here. Then, visit the Westwrite website to see what Owen and his dad, Bing West (who served in both the Vietnam and first Gulf War), have been up to. Father's Day is coming up and their books would make great gifts for a Marine dad. Or Mom.

Posted by Deb at April 9, 2005 12:55 PM

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