[Ellesu]

It was very moving to watch this last night. God Bless our troops and my prayers are with these families.

[mark502inf]

Governors don't work for the President and the Adjutant General in charge of each state's National Guard works for the Governor.

[boxerblues]

I thought the ban was only at Dover. I wonder if they had the families permission to film this.

[Dog]

Despite the Pentagon request, Lieutenant Colonel Pete Schneider, a spokesman for the Louisiana National Guard told CBS: "What we thought was, we're going to do what the family asked us to do."

Well Pete kiss your career goodbye. You can't pick and choose the orders you follow.

And Pete who was it that turned the film of this ceremony over to the main stream media?

[rdb3]

The Pentagon has barred US media from filming the coffins of US servicemembers arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, but the Louisiana National Guard allowed a CBS news crew to film the arrival of six soldiers' coffins at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, near New Orleans, Louisiana.

Despite the Pentagon request, Lieutenant Colonel Pete Schneider, a spokesman for the Louisiana National Guard told CBS: "What we thought was, we're going to do what the family asked us to do."

Lt. Col. Schneider deserves a dishonorable discharge immediately.

[pennyfarmer]

First let me state I am all for the Iraq war, I am in the Navy reserves.

The Pentagon I feel is trying to whitewash what war is about. They don't want people to know that people really die in battle. I know that the left would like to use this film to further their agenda but trying to ban filming gives them one more stone to throw when it does get filmed. We need to glorify these soldiers acts and not shame them by hiding and secreting away their bodies.

[MEGoody]

"What we thought was, we're going to do what the family asked us to do."

I thought I heard that the ban on news crews filming coffins was out of respect for the families. If all the families whose children were in those coffins wanted the news crew there, then it would seem appropriate.