As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and a passionate lover of U.S. History, especially our military, I would say anything disparaging about our armed forces. My original point was, and still is, photo ops and stories like Jessica Lynch's are often used to bolster morale. Regardless of whether or not the flag-raising at Iwo Jima was the first or the second, or the size of the second flag was increaed to make it more photogenic, it served a noble purpose.
I love history too, Lou, and I have read many books about Iwo Jima. I've watched every documentary I can get my hands on. My own father was there. He was a corpsman. He talked. A friend of mine is the daughter of the adjutant who carried the flag to begin with; her father has appeared in multiple documentaries, to tell this story.
But no, Lou has it right, and had it right all along. Okay.