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Gates: Photos of US war dead need families' OK

World Feb. 27, 2009 - 05:41AM JST ( 14 )

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DXXJPFeb. 27, 2009 - 08:47AM JST

Great now maybe the warmongers can take a moment and see what it cost to invade on BS. By the way you really have to be a scumbag to sleep like a baby after all this. Hope your proud dubya.
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likeitisFeb. 27, 2009 - 09:06AM JST

Hard to believe we even need to debate something like this in America. Its hard believe that something like this would be respected as an executive order. Its downright unAmerican.

It might not be tyranny by the sword. But its tyranny by virtue of abuse of power in one group and a misplaced sense of respect in another. The American people and the press should have told GHWB to stuff it.
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likeitisFeb. 27, 2009 - 10:59AM JST

The American people and the press should have told GHWB to stuff it.

And by the way, I AM telling him AND his son to stuff it.
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smithinjapanFeb. 27, 2009 - 11:01AM JST

Sounds pretty reasonable, as opposed to outright outlawing pictures being shown. I'm sure there's more than a few parents who want the death of their children to be shown as a means of helping people understand how war is NOT a necessity by ANY means, and how it only results in death, destruction, and downright tragedy. ANYONE who believes in war is a complete and utter moron.
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TexasAggieFeb. 27, 2009 - 12:15PM JST

The American people and the press should have told GHWB to stuff it. And by the way, I AM telling him AND his son to stuff it.

And don't forget two-term Democrat president Bill Clinton.
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smithinjapanFeb. 27, 2009 - 12:34PM JST

TexasAggie: "And don't forget two-term Democrat president Bill Clinton."

Did Bill Clinton make it forbidden to publish pictures of American war dead? Oh... and did Bill Clinton start a bunch of wars and THEN make it forbidden to show the results?
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adaydreamFeb. 27, 2009 - 01:22PM JST

DXXJP

Great now maybe the warmongers can take a moment and see what it cost to invade on BS.

I don't know that this matters anymore. Hopefully the worst is past is over and very few bodies ared returned flag draped.

But for those parents and families who feel their children shouldn't be brought in under the cloak of darkness. Some families are proud of the service that was served.

I'm glad the families get to make the decision. < :-)
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SargeFeb. 27, 2009 - 01:24PM JST

I agree with Gates.
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likeitisFeb. 27, 2009 - 01:44PM JST

smithinjapan:Sounds pretty reasonable, as opposed to outright outlawing pictures being shown.

Remember, this is not about pictures of corpses. This is about pictures of flag draped coffins. What would the families ask for next? That their names not appear on a memorial wall? That their names not be printed in the paper?

Seems a bizarre request for anyone that has sent a loved one off to war. And its too important to our national consciousness to be bowing to a mere few people like this even if some actually do have a problem.

All I could accept is ban on playing stock footage over and over again for months because that would just upset the families over and over. But fresh footage should not be banned, especially if its live. But did any news agency EVER play the same stock footage over and over for months???

TexasAggie:And don't forget two-term Democrat president Bill Clinton.

Your attempt to throw blame on the Democrats is lame in the extreme. It goes to show just how desperate you have become.
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TexasAggieFeb. 27, 2009 - 05:04PM JST

Your attempt to throw blame on the Democrats is lame in the extreme

As president, Clinton could have reversed that decision, but he didn't.

The Euro view of U.S. politics is quite amusing.
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MadvertsFeb. 27, 2009 - 07:29PM JST

aggie,

Clinton probably didn't need to even think about the ban, not starting any wars that costs thousands of American lives.

Old Bush lost was not re-elected basicaly because of those images of the dead US troops returning from Panama as he larked about on film.

But then again, dead American troops seem to have an affinity with a Bush presidency. We all remember "bring 'em on".
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SezWho2Feb. 27, 2009 - 09:21PM JST

Flags and coffins--paid for with US tax dollars. Transport--paid for with US tax dollars. War--paid for with US tax dollars.

I think that families do have certain privacy rights. But I think those rights do not begin until the families take possession of the coffins of their fallen members.
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likeitisFeb. 27, 2009 - 10:07PM JST

As president, Clinton could have reversed that decision, but he didn't.

As president, Clinton had better things to do than dig around in the garbage for things that were not relevant to his presidency. I wish that would have come to his attention, but as Clinton never generated a situation where flag draped coffins come by the plane load, I can understand why it might never have crossed his mind. I think anyone not especially desperate to drag the Dems into the discussion would feel likewise.

The Euro view of U.S. politics is quite amusing.

As an American, I am not amused by our allies' image of us. And I am ashamed at my countrymen who think our best friends' opinions have only amusement value.
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SuperLibFeb. 28, 2009 - 01:58AM JST

The same people who called US soldiers "scum" and "bottom of the barrel" are now coming out with such nice sentiments for the families. How nice (political).