# Scott O'Grady, former war hero and now conspiracy theory proponent **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-ogrady-former-war-hero-and-now-conspiracy-theory-proponent/927270 "2020-12-05T05:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-ogrady-former-war-hero-and-now-conspiracy-theory-proponent/927270/3 "2020-12-05T20:18:36Z")
I wouldn’t say he was ever characterized as a “war hero.” His shootdown and dramatic rescue made him a “war celebrity”. But not really a hero any more than any other GI who somehow found him/herself in the spotlight then is duly lionized by first the press and then the public “for their service.” cf. > **[Jessica Lynch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch)** > > Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is an American teacher, actress, and former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a private first class. > On March 23, 2003, she was serving as a unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi troops during the Battle of Nasiriyah; Lynch was seriously injured during the offensive and captured by Iraqi soldiers shortly afterwards. Her subsequent recovery by U.S. special oper... Quoting myself in another thread: > [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/814): > > ISTM that “Losers get shot down; I don’t like losers” doesn’t have quite the sting it did 4 years ago. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-ogrady-former-war-hero-and-now-conspiracy-theory-proponent/927270)._