Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: DealMonkey
I watched it. It was dignified. It was interesting to put a face and a name with those 500+ KIA. Every face that went by I wondered if I knew them somehow . . .
Now, as for the topic at-hand:
I firmly believe that when you try hide their bodies, hide their coffins behind stupid policies, try to keep their faces and names out of the press, try to suppress the real human cost of war -- then YOU are the ONLY one playing politics with our nation's dead soldiers.
These soldiers fell in battle, died from horrible wounds, in a foreign land, probably scared out of their wits in their final moments and all some people around here (and in the administration) want to do is sweep them under a rug and not talk about them. You sick f'ing bastards.
I firmly believe that when you try hype their bodies, parade their coffins on television, try to keep their faces and names constantly in the press, speak only of the human cost of war -- then YOU are the ONLY one playing politics with our nation's dead soldiers.
These soldiers fell in battle, died from horrible wounds, in a foreign land, probably scared out of their wits in their final moments and all some people around here (and those vying to enter the administration) want to do is endlessly talk about them. You sick f'ing bastards.
/old trick