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Conley
08-11-2011, 09:32 AM
Is Obama really foolish enough to try to get political mileage out of this? I think it's more a case of being clueless as to the wishes of the families. Inexcusable either way. >:( >:( >:(




A White House photographer was allowed to take and widely distribute a photo from the ceremony Tuesday for the return of the remains of 30 American troops killed in a weekend helicopter crash in Afghanistan despite the Pentagon's claim that any public depiction of the scene would violate the wishes of bereaved families.

Pentagon officials had said that because 19 of 30 of the American families of the dead had objected to media coverage of the remains coming off a plane at Dover Air Force Base, no images could be taken. In addition, the Pentagon rejected media requests to take photos that showed officials at the ceremony but did not depict caskets.

President Barack Obama attended the ceremony, called a "dignified transfer," for those killed in the worst single loss of the nearly 10-year war. An official White House photo of a saluting Obama was distributed to news media and published widely. It also was posted on the White House website as the "Photo of the Day." It showed Obama and other officials in silhouette and did not depict caskets.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015875017_apususafghanistanmedia.html

Mister D
08-11-2011, 09:45 AM
Where's the fire? ???

Conley
08-11-2011, 09:51 AM
Are you not outraged? :o

hotwire
08-11-2011, 10:41 PM
obama put his lust for power over respecting the wishes of families.In other words hes using dead soldiers to further his poltical agenda.What a evil zero class scum obama is.

Conley
08-11-2011, 10:51 PM
Agreed. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior.

wingrider
08-11-2011, 11:13 PM
but he is just showing us how narcisstic he is.. every move is a calculated campaign move

Conley
08-11-2011, 11:17 PM
but he is just showing us how narcisstic he is.. every move is a calculated campaign move


His time is over.