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Originally Posted by Jake
So, what is the link you are trying to make here? Why would you want people to be able to use images of our honored dead to promote a political view? The dead don't belong as propoganda items.  |
True, the dead should not be a propaganda item, just as the victims of 9/11 should not have been exploited for Bush's election campaign. The RNC had no problem using images from that to promote Bush as the leader who could fight terrorism.
The link I was making was simple: A government that will not allow its citizens to see the caskets of U.S. dead is a government that is afraid of the truth. The war is costing lives. Bush insisted that he expected "no casualties," as reported by Jerry Falwell. Well, there have been thousands of casualties, and the government is doing its best to shield us from this unpleasant truth.
Joe B.