Why is it, the U.S. government does not want photograph's taken of the U.S. soldiers in flagged draped coffin's while being unloaded off of cargo planes? Have they not earned the honor of making every American see this and realize what a great self-sacrifice these brave men and women in the Armed Services have done, by giving their lives for the cause of this nation's future? Why hide it, the government is acting as if they do not want American's to see the end result of those who do battle and lose their lives in the duration. Perhap's if they showed the photo's, those is power would not be so quick to send these honorable individual's to fight and die, unless it was absolutely the last result to protect this nation, instead of putting them in harm's way around the world in civil wars and other foolishness which is none of our business such as Iraq.
2007-10-14 07:11:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
How can out of respect for the families of those deceased even be considered an answer? It's an honor to have flagged draped coffin's shown. Why do show U.S. Presidents in the Capitol Rotundra, then their flagged draped coffin being pulled in a horse drawn carriage that proceeds down Washington, DC for Arlington cemetery among thousands of onlookers! Do not say the President of the United States is any more important than those who give their lives on the battlefield or the U.S. Constitution has been rendered a worthless document.
2007-10-14 07:48:19 · update #1
No one know's who are in the flagged draped coffins when they are photographed being unloaded off a cargo plane by the media.
2007-10-14 07:52:36 · update #2
Guess there is alot of truth to out of sight, out of mind! America should see first-hand the reality of war and it's results when it sends our nation's Armed Forces into harm's way.
2007-10-14 08:07:20 · update #3
Why hide it? So we can pretend it's not happening. So the administration can continue to get warm bodies to send into the middle of Iraq's civil war four and a half years after "mission accomplished".
2007-10-14 09:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
You don't really expect an answer to that question that is not rhetorical, do you? The obvious reason is to solicit an emotional response from Americans. The last thing the "Military Industrial Complex" wants from you is a situation where you begin to ask, "Why are we even in the middle East?" So they refuse to allow the media to broadcast photos depicting your sons and daughters, dead. However, as with any natural disaster involving minorities (specifically blacks), you are bombarded daily with photos showing them as victims, ie; Katrina. In contrast, you will rarely find such a fuss made over a earthquake in Iran or tsunami in Indonesia. Consider how many blizzards hit the area of the CONUS midwest...do you see the president in "Marine Corps 1" visiting? Usually after a couple of days the news turns back to, "which politician has been caught with a his secretary" and you hear no more of the matter. Like Katrina, you will surely hear about Haiti for weeks and about how we Americans (that means whites-only) didn't do our part and withheld some aid that was owed to these folks for some past victim status. If you truly want to do something good, press for our troops to come home and guard our borders while we turn our charity where it begins, home!
2016-05-22 11:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand your point of view, but I don't think I agree with it. Sure, on one hand, the consequences of war should not be hidden. Let us not forget the words of Gen. Lee when he said "It is well that war is so terrible or we should get too fond of it."
On the other hand, if I were the one in the coffin, I would NOT want people taking pictures of me for their own personal interests. I don't care what you say, people will exploit those pictures for their own agendas if they are available.
I will admit that I have a couple pics of what you are referring to, but I only use those pics as a reminder of the sacrifice that goes on every day in the armed forces.
2007-10-14 09:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by CAUTION:Truth may hurt! 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's considered disrespectful to the families to photograph the flag draped coffins that you are describing. There are many other ways that we pay our respects to our fallen comrades rather than photographing their coffins in transit on a cargo aircrfat from the AOR.
Explanation aside, personally, I believe those that want the coffins to be photographed while in transport want the photographs taken and published to serve their own anti-war agenda. Taking a photo of coffins lined in the cargo bay of a C-17 is to me and many others, obviously at the bottom of the list of ways to pay respects to our fallen comrades. To respect the family members of fallen soldiers/airman/Marines/sailors, I would maintain that the current policy be upheld.
2007-10-14 07:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by Jay 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The actual order to not photograph the coffins was issued in 2000, while Clinton was president. I've been at airports for soldiers and sailors returning, and to have someone photographing that, would be detrimental to the actual reverence of the event, IMO. If your grandma died and was being moved from one location to another, would you want some random AP photographer videotaping and recording your every move?
2007-10-14 07:21:56 · answer #5 · answered by Denise S 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I'll answer your question with a question. Would you want the media to make a spectacle out of one of your dead family members? Is it worthy of political discourse to exploit our heroic dead? Or should we show some compassion to the families of dead soldiers and allow them to decide if they want their loved ones photographed in coffins?
2007-10-14 07:20:24 · answer #6 · answered by smartr-n-u 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Because, that would be the reality of the administrations mistakes. This is what Bush ordered. To put an astounding number of coffins to the public's eye would cause him more hatred.
2007-10-14 07:17:34 · answer #7 · answered by dtown 4 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Bush does not want the emotional reaction that will definitely occur if Americans daily saw the soldiers being brought back home. Bush tries to make us forget that young men and women are dying.
Bush has gotten us into an illegal war that he refuses to get us out of.
Hillary Clinton/2008
2007-10-14 07:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by Libby 6 · 1⤊ 7⤋
It is out of respect for those who gave the altimate sacrafise for their country.
2007-10-14 07:14:42 · answer #9 · answered by lookingforanswers 3 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Americans dont wanna look losers. and they are short of soldiers
2007-10-14 07:22:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋