Media Can Now Photograph Dead Soldiers: What do you think about the decision to let the media photograph the return of American casualties?
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2009/02/27 00:13:22
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The Pentagon will now allow media to photograph the return of American military casualties from overseas as long the families of the deceased grant permission. Some groups protested the previous policy of banning media photographs, saying it allowed the government to hide the true cost of war. Others say allowing pictures will violate families' privacy. In the other hand, this will show what the Bush Administration was trying to hide. Showing images of flag-drapped coffins really isn't going to make much difference. While we want all the troops home, people tire of war, and it gets to the point that they really don't care anymore, and at the same time, they HAVE to go about their daily chores to keep from getting put out on the streets, especially in this economy. This is what naturally happens when wars drag on too long. Showing the flag-drapped coffins will just make people turn away from the war even more. It's really not a good idea. When is Obama bringing back the troops? And why the hell are we on Afghanistan now?
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SAM 2009/02/27 00:17:34I do not like the Pentagon's idea
+16Welcome to reality folks. It's dirty, it's nasty, and most don't want to accept it. You have the brass to elect someone that puts these soldiers in this position but yet you do not want to see the outcome. The old policy was government censorship plain and simple. The return of a fallen loved is a private family matter and in no way should the government ever have been allowed to make a private matter into policy. This decision now rests on the hands of the families. It is their choice if the soldiers will be honored publicly or in solitude as is their right as free Americans. The families are protected by privacy laws as well. This is a family matter and the families will have the last say and the families will take the course of action that THEY believe is the right one.
R.W. Walker-San Antonio, TX
Many families have requested their loved ones be treated with the long traditional respect of having the flag drapped coffins acknowledged in the press. They were denied by the Bush White House.
And if you want to discuss journalism, then you should be aware that over 80% of eve...''
Many families have requested their loved ones be treated with the long traditional respect of having the flag drapped coffins acknowledged in the press. They were denied by the Bush White House.
And if you want to discuss journalism, then you should be aware that over 80% of everything we hear, see or read in this country is now controlled by 5 mega corporations- whose owners are huge contributors to the far right. It is within their control and right as owners to censor and edit what they deem should be released. That is not hardly the 'free press' as we knew it before monopoly laws were demolished.
To me, that doesn't sound like they're violating the family's privacy. The family gave them permission to do it.
And I like the idea. It gives you an idea about what it's really costing us. Not some ridiculous number that you can't even begin to fathom, but someone.
A lot of someones. =(
cost of those soldier's lives kept ungrateful people safe. Unfathomable
is a good choice of words, but the ideas of what's costing is
misplaced.
everything. I've lost loved ones as well. They believe in what they are
doing....Tell that to obama,Pelosi, Barney Frank, etc ...somebody needs
to tell them. Sorry for your loss as well.
Pictures showing the cost of Our Nations Blood in war are not new and not overtly hidden by any Administration! How we as citizens choose to see obviously is another story!
The Pentagon is only following orders.The media arm of the power now in control of America have wanted this.Line all the Honorable dead up like vegetables to further the nutty media's desire for a story of propaganda. How Honor is not present in the media or this administration as they use these Heroes in their maligned way.The fallen Hero not being allowed now to represent themselves.
Where is the Hero's Honorable words or thoughts now. These people volunteered to to make a difference for the world.
Does making Obama a popular star now get some payback for the movie star coverage? The media is now given the right to dis-honor these fallen Heroes who cannot speak out against this misuse! All I see is pictures for the new lies in this event. Heroes to be lined up like cord wood to further a cause who they are silenced to speak against.
Military-entertainment complex
Have you seen the war games our tax dollars now go to produce for kids to play online?
http://www.goarmy.com/downloa...
Indoctrinate them early.
The reason the past administration wanted to hide the dead and forget the wounded (as evidenced by the admin/Republicans in Congress like McCain voting against VA funding five times), is because they do not want Americans to see the real price for their misdeeds and lies. The Bush admin did everything in its power to avoid taking any responsibility for its words and actions, or lack thereof.
All those families who wanted the rest of the nation to share their pain, to see their pain, and to honor their sacrifice were robbed of that before.
It is about time America starts showing the respect these fallen soldiers are due.
I think we all base our debates and arguments on here and in real life based on our own observations. It is not that my observations are right and yours are wrong, not at all. It is that they are different and we can and should come together and share our observations to mutually benefit from our individual experiences. Anyway, that is my goal on here. Oh, and I have to say that I have learned much more thanks to my opposites on the political spectrum than those on my own side of the political spectrum. So thank you for helping me open my head and fill it with more stuff!