Another obscenity bust. Pics of dead people are not ok.

[Linkster]

The worst part of this is that with events occuring that were way worse that My Lai (just my opinion that this was where the population of the US finally had had enough - and a few soldiers got dinged for doing exactly what the administration and the generals told them to do) the American people still have the audacity to drive around in their SUVs with little ribbon magnets saying support the war ( and confusing the hell out of supporting the troops with the war itself) when they have no idea what is really going on. As far as Im concerned every little one of them needs to be shown every video and pic out there of what happens in a real war - till they puke their guts out - or start crying like half the soldiers I knew when they just couldnt handle it anymore.

[docholly]

Right on Linkster!! I forgot about that picture too.. but really we were treated nightly to kind grandfatherly Walter Cronkite telling us.. 237 casualities today and 572 wounded in action.

I heard the other day Senator McCain saying that the news shouldn't give the number of people who died or what action was taken in Iraq because we the public doesn't need to see it.

you'd think McCain of all people would want the TRUTH known.

[tickler]

Originally Posted by docholly

.. but really we were treated nightly to kind grandfatherly Walter Cronkite telling us.. 237 casualities today and 572 wounded in action.

Apparently even those numbers are fudged. Seems that they rush the badly wounded soldiers out of country to hospitals in Germany or wherever, and those deaths aren't included as casulties in Iraq.

Originally Posted by docholly

I heard the other day Senator McCain saying that the news shouldn't give the number of people who died or what action was taken in Iraq because we the public doesn't need to see it.

Also heard on one of the news shows that reporters aren't allowed to check on returning casulties.

[SirMoby]

Originally Posted by docholly

I heard the other day Senator McCain saying that the news shouldn't give the number of people who died or what action was taken in Iraq because we the public doesn't need to see it.

You have a link? That is one of the scariest statements I've herad in weeks from our politicians and possible 2008 Presidential candidate.

I think we NEED to know how many people died both American and Iraq, how many people have been injured and how many homes have been destroyed.

The country is pulling together to help Katrnia victims that have lost thier homes but does any here care about the Iraqi's that have lost everything becasue of this war? Do Americans even know?

[Linkster]

I would say that a statement like that from McCain would be very uncharateristic - he is outspoken when it comes to showing the dead soldiers - he was the one that wrote to Sinclair group during the presidential elections to lambast them for not airing "Fallen" on some of their affiliates where Niteline was showing pictures of dead soldiers and reading their names. McCain also supported showing the caskets in Dover back in 2004 when it was voted on in congress http://www.camerairaq.com/2004/05/caskets_photogr.html is the only link I could find where he actually spoke about it during the congressional debate. Of course his republican congress passed the bill making it law not to show the caskets in support of the prez.

He is one of the only republicans I respect as he has always supported the soldiers and keeps challenging the way we are reporting the war dead and injured (which btw is way under-reported based on the number of purple hearts given out for non-combat injuries - tens of thousands of soldiers are sitting in Vet hospitals back here in the US and their story isnt being told)

[docholly]

Originally Posted by Linkster

I would say that a statement like that from McCain would be very uncharateristic - he is outspoken when it comes to showing the dead soldiers

Exactly.. which is why it stuck with me .. because HE of all people should know the value of getting the truth out ..


edit: Maybe i was smoking and not sharing cuz i did search the archives for it.. my only other show i watched out there was Bill Maher and I don't think he was on it.. but Anne Coulter was and boy what a 180 she did on her boy bush.. lmao..

So Senator McCain if you are reading this.. sorry if i confused you BUT i don't think i did..

[docholly]

You have a link? That is one of the scariest statements I've herad in weeks from our politicians and possible 2008 Presidential candidate.

i'm pretty sure it was on Fox as i think i was having dinner at the table thursday and One of the people in our co-housing thinks that pearls of wisdom drip from O'Reilly's mouth..

I know it was in a segment where he was commenting on the release of the photos from the Abu Ghraib debacle.