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Of course they don't. They also don't care about reporting the increased violence, car bombs, suiciders and US deaths like they did practically everyday with Bush.
Notice, the liberals don't care so much anymore either.
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Originally Posted by Sagran
I hear body counts all the time, every morning when US troops have died. On MSNBC. George Sephanopolous reads the names of those who died in the previous week on his show every Sunday morning. On ABC.
Also, NPR seems to cover every death every time it happens. You guys really need to stop listening to Rush, Hannity, etc, and actually listen/watch some MSM. You'd be shocked!
So far this month, 38 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan. For all of 2009, the number is 220 -- more than any other single year and more than died in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 combined.
Again major differences between the wars in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. Not to mention we went through a 50 month stretch from late 03 to late 07 in which we had more deaths in Iraq than that in every single month except for one.
My wife and I frequently act as escorts of a fallen hero - accompanying the body from the time it arrives (usually at Dover) and the family member or members, to the place of internment. We offer whatever kind / type of assistance they may need from providing information to getting them a glass of water.
It is not uncommon for the loved ones to talk about those photos of the caskets - and they mention more often than not that they wish they would not be taken. They feel / express that it is a private time and the publication of those photos ruins that
My wife and I frequently act as escorts of a fallen hero - accompanying the body from the time it arrives (usually at Dover) and the family member or members, to the place of internment. We offer whatever kind / type of assistance they may need from providing information to getting them a glass of water.
It is not uncommon for the loved ones to talk about those photos of the caskets - and they mention more often than not that they wish they would not be taken. They feel / express that it is a private time and the publication of those photos ruins that
For what it is worth.
Yes, and their wishes are respected....However, (1)it IS news , (2)not all returning caskets belong to only one family and CAN be photographed and (3) it's certainly a better situation than forbidding the media to take pictures.
Remember the controversy over the Pentagon policy of not allowing the press to take pictures of the flag-draped caskets of American war dead as they arrived in the United States? Critics accused President Bush of trying to hide the terrible human cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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