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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [QB] <blockquote>"...while taking extreme measures to prevent civillian casualties..."</blockquote> I'd hardly say "extreme measures". "Token gestures", maybe. Sometimes "a complete lack of any attempt". But not "extreme measures". <blockquote>"Particularly bad is the nonsense about 'The 2,000 American dead are an embarrassment. They are transported to their graves in the dark.' "Saying crap like that only undermines the good points to his speach and lets the Right -and mainstream for that matter- dismiss him as not knowing what he's talking about."</blockquote> So, what's the problem this time? Because some of the flights take place during the day, they're not really in "the dark"? It's a metaphor. It means no-one gets to see them. And considering that the media really were banned from photographing the returning coffins, I don't see how you can argue that it isn't true. Also interesting is the [URL=http://www.10news.com/news/5504608/detail.html]story[/URL] that was reported by a San Diego news station recently about how, after the properly-flag-draped coffins are ceremoniously removed from the military planes at the Air Force base, they get boxed up and chucked into the cargo holds of commercial flights to be sent back to their families. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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