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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is objecting “in the strongest terms” to an Associated Press decision to transmit a photograph showing a mortally wounded 21-year-old Marine in his final moments of life, calling the decision “appalling” and a breach of “common decency.”
The AP reported that the Marine’s father had asked – in an interview and in a follow-up phone call — that the image, taken by an embedded photographer, not be published.
The AP reported in a story that it decided to make the image public anyway because it “conveys the grimness of war and the sacrifice of young men and women fighting it.”
The photo shows Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard of New Portland, Maine, who was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in a Taliban ambush Aug. 14 in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, according to The AP.
Originally posted by bodrul
reply to post by SantaClaus
i think horrible person is an understatement,
blood thursty and immoral is a more suited word, calling for genocide of people is very Low.
also Afganistan isnt populated by arabs, Middle east ends at Iran even then Iranians arent arabs but persions.
guess geography isnt well taught in the US
Originally posted by bodrul
reply to post by SantaClaus
then you i must say are pathetic, and as you say you care less about anyone outside your own doorstep, your not worth arguing with as its just pointless.
have fun in your own little world where human lfe holds little value.
I will be hated for this thread, but I cannot help myself. A police state is bankrupting this country, and killing young men and women who just might have been the genius who cured cancer.
Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by lombozo
No you won't, not from me... We need to either take the gloves completely off, or stop this half ass approach...
It's referendum time. If the countries want us gone, we leave. No hemming, no humming, we pack up and leave.