Whenever I re-enter the US..they ask me what I've been doing overseas..just to see if I sound like the guy in the picture.
They were double checking this guy..just to make sure there was not bomb in his case etc.
Seeing him standing to play does not look demeaning in any way. Just prove that you are what you say you are.
If an Iraqi dead that to a dead American Boy we would all be outraged.