[Green]

To me, the point isn't whether the family knew or didn't know.

The point should be that the question was totally inappropriate and should never have been asked to begin with.

Let's suppose that the family did know. Does anyone here think her family's response would have been much different than it was? The implication behind the question seemed to me to be asking how can you be so elated when there were 8 confirmed KIA's announced that were part of her unit. Now, it takes some kind of *ss*ole to even want to pose that question.

[prairiebreeze]

Agreed. The better approach would have been to alert the media to not ask it.

Prairie

[Catspaw]

Let's suppose that the family did know. Does anyone here think her family's response would have been much different than it was? The implication behind the question seemed to me to be asking how can you be so elated when there were 8 confirmed KIA's announced that were part of her unit. Now, it takes some kind of *ss*ole to even want to pose that question.

Even though the press was warned, it's a standard "gotcha" question from the press. They want a reaction. They got it.

It reminded me of what one of the local TV stations did years ago. Two little kids were missing. After a search of the neighborhood, they found the kids in a dryer. The reporter stuck his mike into the face of the father and asked (you got it), "how do you FEEEELLLL?" The father punched the reporter, just cold-cocked him.

[Dolphy]

The point should be that the question was totally inappropriate and should never have been asked to begin with.

I agree. This family must be in shock, they are headed to a foreign country and they don't know for certain what the details of their daughter's ordeal. Just on a basic human level nobody should have asked that question. And if we understand that, we might understand why the military chose not to inform them of the fate of the other soldiers. They don't need all of that right now.

[Diddle E. Squat]

And unfortunately there have been several Freepers implying just that on some of the Pfc. Lynch threads. And oh, so just coincidentally, these same posters almost all are upset that a woman was serving in Iraq. Which breeds the question, is it totally genuine concern for the 8 dead, or a convenient avenue for criticism.