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"David Bloom and Michael Kelly left two wives and 6 children to grow up and without their love and support. For what?"

David Bloom died of natural causes and Kelly was killed in a traffic accident near some fighting. Pick better examples to prove what may be an interesting point of yours.

Personally, I like the embeds. It's very close to what we had in WWII, with satellites.

Michael

David Bloom died of an embolism that originated in his leg, the result of being immobilized in tight confinement for hours at a time. Bet on it, it happens more often that you think to passengers who do not move around during long Trans-Pacific flights. Michael Kelly drowned because he was riding in a Humvee, along treacherous roadways and bridges, in a War Zone during a War in the country of Iraq probably in the black of night.

They are casualties of this War, every bit as much as someone who dies in a crash involving Helicopters that are operating in sandstorms, the darkness of night and at low altitudes, friendly fire victims, guys drowning in rivers or falling off the side of an Aircraft Carrier during their 40th Hour of Flight Deck duty in the last 3 days.

The embeds can provide no real-time accurate report of anything but the mundane that is happening, and their video technologies have revealed nothing. Bob Arnot had no clue what was happening in An Najaf except missiles were filling the air, Marines were firing their weapons and moving with a serious focus, and that he was scared shitless.

Pick better examples to prove what may be an interesting point of yours.

The Iraqi journalists embedded with the Medena and Hammurabi Republican Guard units have missed every one of their assigned deadlines for nearly a week.