Pictures of Caskets

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The George Jr administration is hyping nonsense about pictures of flag draped caskets. Why? Ted Koppel was quite blunt about this tonight. The ban was created because George Sr was upset when Gulf War caskets were removed, live, from a plane as he was airing a news conference.

If those caskets were Columbia astronuts, then it is Ok to take a picture? But then Koppel finishes his "Last Thought' with a damning video closing. He replays a George Jr campaign video that shows Iraq war caskets draped in the American flag.

Double standard. Why is it wrong to take and publish pictures of caskets from the Iraq invasion - and yet it is right for George Jr to put those same pictures in his presidental campaign advertisement? Yes Koppel was rather blunt when he started his "Last Thought" about this flag draped casket pictures as something really quite trivial.

TedKoppel was right on the money. Honor our dead. Let their caskets and honor guard be shown live and in pictures as they arrive home. George Jr is so ashamed of those good dead men; therefore George Jr hides behind nonsensical political spin. Banning pictures of their caskets is wrong, blemishes their supreme sacrifice, and is only for the greater good of George Jr - and his self serving agenda.