Gary points out that not all the images of American dead arriving at Dover AFB are of Iraqi war victims: some of the images date back to the Columbia accident. (I don’t differentiate between them too much: if I had to, those from Iraq who went off to do their nation’s bidding, knowing they were going into harm’s way, would edge out the astronauts: the shuttle crew would be more confident of their return, barring accidents).
Does it make any sense that, until the surreptiously taken photo that appeared in the weekend papers, the only images we had been shown were of the “contractors'” disfigured corpses being paraded around?
While I agree with the notion I read earlier today — that the Normandy invasion might not have been as well-supported, had images of American GIs floating off the beaches been distributed — I think it’s important to acknowledge the sacrifice and honor those who literally gave all they had. Only then can we decide if their sacrifice is worth it.
Somehow, this seems to tie into my suspicion that the armchair generals in charge of this misadventure think this is no more serious than a game of Risk.