Ban on photos of U.S. troops' coffins lifted
Apparently Obama's game plan consists entirely of looking at what President Bush did and then doing the opposite - except, of course, when it comes to spending...WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday it will lift an 18-year ban on coverage of the return of military members killed in war by allowing families of the fallen to decide whether the news media may photograph the flag-covered caskets.
What really pisses me off is this bullshit:
Democrats tried to lift the ban that year but were rebuffed by the Republican-controlled Congress. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said at the time that the ban was an attempt to "conceal from the American people the true costs of this war."
Are you shitting me? Because from where I'm sitting, the media has done everything except installing a "Dead Soldier Clock" timer that gives up-to-the-minute totals of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. We've had somber reminders at every thousand killed. We had daily updates on soldiers killed. We've had human interest stories about soldiers injured. There has been NOTHING concealed about the "true costs of this war". That is an outright fucking lie.
But then again, what would you expect from a man who obtained his Senate seat through fraud and chicanery?
That is all.
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That and if you join something like the Patriot Guard you get told when we lose someone that is local to you. I find it a good way to keep up on it and to keep them in my thoughts.
Thank GOD for out troops and what they do!
JD,
I would dearly LOVE to join the Patriot Guard Riders.
The problem is, I honestly can't say if I could restrain myself if faced with someone like the Phelps assholes.
Jay,
I assume you're referring to Fred Phelps and not Chance Phelps.
For those who don't know, Chance Phelps was a 20 year old Marine killed in 2004 in Anbar Province, Iraq. He was escorted home to his final resting place by Marine Lt. Col. Mike Strobl. The story is retold in the recent HBO movie "Taking Chance". Make a point to watch it.
Uh, yeah. Fred Phelps. The "God Hates Fags" dickwad.
Not Chance Phelps. Or Michael Phelps for that matter.
Funny, It seems to me that since the chosen one was anointed, soldiers being killed isn't nearly the story it once was. I rarely see it leading the news anymore, and I certainly haven't seen a running tally of soldiers killed since Obama took office. I wonder why that is?
"Democrats tried to lift the ban that year but were rebuffed by the Republican-controlled Congress."
What stopped the Democrat-controlled congresses of '07 and '08? Oh, yeah, I forgot; we're not supposed to remember that the Dems controlled congress during that period, lest we do things like, oh, look at what the Dow & Nasdaq have done since then, or unemployment, or gov't spending, etc.
I'm not gonna bitch too much about this. They're leaving the decision up to the families, which is where (IMNSHO) it really belongs...
Strings,
It's not that they've changed this policy. It's the bullshit line about the Bush administration pulling some sinister cover up and hiding the "true cost of war".
We were subject to ENDLESS body counts - every single newscast made sure to mention the number of soldiers killed in Iraq for pretty much the entire 2004 Presidential campaign.
Every time the body count hit a milestone (1,000-2,000, etc.), there was much flagellation and beating of breasts.
How much attention was given to the issues at Walter Reed Hospital?
To say that the Bush administration was trying to hide the horrors of war by refusing to allow the media to film soldiers' caskets is pure, unmitigated horseshit.
Especially when President Bush was taking the time to write to every single family of a soldier killed in battle. And deliberately took steps to conceal that fact...
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