The AP and Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard

[JollyRoger]

How many times did we see that plane crashing into the World Trade Center to get us riled up for a war against those islamofashinistas?

 

[RalofTyr]

What? Consult his family? Absolute rubbish. People die in wars. What's wrong with showing the truth?

 

[MobBoss]

What? Consult his family? Absolute rubbish. People die in wars. What's wrong with showing the truth?

You can show it without having to show exactly who the kid is. The whole point is that the same exact story could have been done without showing the kid the way they did.

 

[RalofTyr]

You can show it without having to show exactly who the kid is. The whole point is that the same exact story could have been done without showing the kid the way they did.

And? Are you saying the news should be censored? Or shown in a way you approve of?

 

[JollyRoger]

You can show it without having to show exactly who the kid is. The whole point is that the same exact story could have been done without showing the kid the way they did.

You can report on 9/11 without showing a plane shortly before the passengers' deaths.

 

[History_Buff]

The picture should have been released, but the identity of the particular soldier should have been concealed. The picture itself should be releasable under free speech, but releasing the name of the soldier only hurts the family and contributes to a media circus.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Any death, in war or peace, is a terrible thing. Those left behind suffer the pain of loss long after their loved one is laid to rest. When a country chooses to send its young into harms way, it must not be done lightly. The lives of our troops must not risked on missions of less than vital national interest. It is imperative that our very way of life be in danger, before we ask young men and women to risk the ultimate sacrifice.

An informed public is the surest guarantee that our nation will not stumble into foreign adventures without adequate cause. The public must know what our vital interest is, what our goals are, have some idea of duration and cost in treasure and lives, and what our exit strategy is. The ill-advised Bush administration invasion of Iraq was enabled by a deliberate campaign of misinforming the American people and denying them of the vital information they needed to make a wise decision.

Of course photographs of soldiers suffering and dying is shocking. It should be. This is part of what the citizens of a free country must see and know in order to make intelligent, informed choices. They must understand in a visceral way the horrible price of war lest they consent to it too readily.

The AP could have handled it a lot better.
Some time could have been spent working with the family to gain concent and avoid outrage.

But then again the Bush administration manipulated of Pat Tillmans death was distaseful to myself as well.

I hope the parent find peace and that Afganistain can be stablised.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Alaska Business Monthly, Palin Interview-- March 2007

ABM: We've lost a lot of Alaska's military members to the war in Iraq. How do you feel about sending more troops into battle, as President Bush is suggesting?

Palin: "I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments."

Interesting response to Palins response.
Maybe something good will come from these images of death.