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Gates Considers Lifting Ban on Coffin Photos

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Occasional Reader2/11/2009 9:08:35 am PST

re: #67 Ringo the Gringo

I think that photographs of the coffins of fallen soldiers will very likely have exactly the opposite effect of that which the anti-war crowd is hoping for.

In all likelihood the pictures will inspire patriotism and respect for self-sacrifice. They will also serve as reminder to Americans that we are in fact at war with a very real enemy.

I dunno. Are you old enough to remember the early 70s? I do, dimly. they made great left-wing use of the photos of coffins/body bags coming back from Vietnam. Leftists are, as a tribe, masters at the art of image and spin.