Honor Guard Ceremony
May 2nd 2005MichaelAnti-America
Freedom of information Act in action
The Pentagon on April 28 released more than 700 photographs of America’s war dead returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. But many of the images, released under the pressure of a yearlong Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, are as striking for what they don’t show as what they do.
This is the work of the left/liberal/progressive/socialists, to change public opinion of what is going on in the Global War on Terror. These people think that we should publish all information about the people we lose in war and there families and the people that help bring them home.
In most photographs the faces of the troops accompanying the fallen and carrying the flag-draped coffins are blacked out.
While in the Marine Corps I learned that I have to hold myself to a higher standard. Not because I am better, but because others before me were better. When they have fallen in the defense of America with their band of brothers. We show them the highest respect because they have earned it. Blocking out the faces and identifying tags is not done out of disrespect but out of respect for our fallen. It is not about the people on Honor Guard Duty, It is about our fallen.
Defense Department spokesman Col. Gary Keck said an “individual judgment” was made by the FOIA office to black out some faces and identifying information “to protect privacy and or security information.” Keck said he had no more information, while the FOIA office referred calls back to Defense Department public affairs.
The FOLA was right in blocking out these faces while enabling the scene to be shown. I would have rather not had these pictures public. This is not a public show. Is this an attempt of the left to change the American support of our military action in the GWOT?
Yes, this is an attempt of some to change support and drag our military back into the mud like Hanoi Jane did back in her day. Spiting in the face is too go for these people. They need to be tried for Treason.
Cross Posted at : Flight Pundit and The Wide Awakes
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5 Responses to “Honor Guard Ceremony”
Raven on 02 May 2005 at 12:39 #
Do you remember that Johnny Micheal Spann CIA agent who got killed over in Af’Ganistan? He was the first casualty of the war…the media went drool dripping nuts over his death…interviewed his wife, live coverage of the funeral. He wasn’t actual military, but close enough. The MSM vilified the notion that Spann didn’t qualify for buriel at ANC…he did end up being buried there though.
I remember Wolf Butthead Blizter saying Spann would be the first of hundreds of thousands to die….
Mustang on 02 May 2005 at 13:48 #
This is an excellent post, sir. ” …hold myself to a higher standard. Not because I am better, but because others before me were better.” This is a core value among Marines.
The thing is, those of us who came home alive will forever feel the loss of our friends who did not. We take a feeling of guilt with us to the grave; why not me? Our fallen brothers and sisters will always be part of us, and they are to be remembered solemnly, with pride and respect — not for petty political purposes.
Semper Fidelis, Michael –
Christina on 02 May 2005 at 16:13 #
Well done, Michael, well said.
The Mad Tech on 02 May 2005 at 20:39 #
Well said my friend, well said.
phrogdude on 10 May 2005 at 13:50 #
Wasn’t Spahn a former Marine artilery officer? Wouldn’t that, coupled with his death in service to the CIA, make him eligible for Arlington? Dude had more balls than most active-duty folks, I’d bet. And as for hundreds of thousands of casualties, surely hyperbole, but at the same time, OEF ain’t over by a long shot. If Karzai and/or Musharraf get assassinated, the muj will be off to the races. Still a very dangerous part of the world.