Nightline to read list of War Dead

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&e=11&u=/nm/20040428/us_nm/iraq_usa_names_dc ^

[Patrick1]

Indeed. They shouuld also read the names of soldiers killed in Somalia, Beirut, the USS Cole.

[G.Mason]

This is simple to counteract.

Simply get another network (in my dreams) to do a two day show, listing all the deaths (with their photographs) caused by motor vehicles in the U.S. for one year.

After that, show pictures of all who had abortions, for one full year.

That'll put a sreeching halt to that propaganda.

[Gefreiter]

"'The Fallen' is our way of reminding our viewers -- whether they agree with the war or not -- that beyond the casualty numbers, these men and women are serving in Iraq in our names. and that those who have been killed have names and faces"

Interesting. The killed from this war, so unpopular with the left and its media, ABC thinks should be "remembered".

Those who have been killed in Afghanistan, though, which had much broader support, do not have "names and faces." Except for Pat Tillman.

[SZonian]

My reply to ABC:

If your so called "tribute" to the war dead wasn't so contrived it would be honorable. You are, however, trying to do nothing more than use this for political purposes seeing as how you are a liberal media source.

Don't patronize those of us who have served quietly, without cameras, and without political ambitions, by "honoring" our brothers and sisters with this tripe. The names and pictures of the fallen are out there for anyone to find, if they care to.

You have fallen to the wayside like your sister network CBS as far as relevance is concerned. Good bye to ABC.

[DiscoStu1979]

Why not wait for Memorial Day for this?

Do you really think people will take the time out from shopping for Memorial Day specials or kicking off the summer at the beach to actually remember what Memorial Day is actually supposed to be about?

[McGavin999]

I don't know what ABC's intent was, but it will honor them. I have tried to read every name, and when possible, look on every face to try to burn their memory into my brain forever. I want to know those who gave their lives for my freedom and my country and I want to make sure I never forget them.

So I don't care why ABC is doing this, I want these men and women remembered.

[Defiant]

Why doesn't some show start reading a list of those killed by liberal policies? Well, I know it would take several lifetimes to read the names, but maybe we could come up with just the recent ones. Start with all the political prisoners killed by Castro this week. Next, list all the Christians killed by China. You could add all the dead crack babies of welfare mothers to the list. Maybe a list of aborted babies, with the names of moms who now regret their abortions, and the names that they would give their child if they hadn't made the mistake of killing it because liberals said they could.

List the cops killed by gangsters who are illegal aliens protected by liberal border policies, all the drivers killed by illegal alien drivers without insurance, and by border smugglers driving the wrong way on highways to avoid roadblocks.

List the crime victims killed by criminals released from jail by liberal judges on some technicality or other, or who got lenient sentences for serious offenses.

That ought to keep us occupied a lot longer than one Nightline show, and be more revealing.

[brothers4thID]

My reply to ABC:

Who are you to choose which deaths are worthy of tribute and which are not? Are the soldiers drowned in a canal because their Humvee tipped over after racing toward a firefight, any less dead, any less heroic? Are the men who died from a roadside bomb planted by Jordanian extremists more honorable than those killed when a converted Muslim fanatic, and US soldier, tossed a grenade into their quarters?

[johnb838]

Meanwhile:

About 115 U.S. soldiers have been killed this month alone, compared with fewer than 100 in the three weeks it took to oust Saddam. In all, 523 have been killed since they invaded Iraq.

(can't let a minute go by without a reminder of this)

[ICFN(ICan'tFixNothing)]

One question. How many people watch "Nightline"? If this is so important. Why not do it during primetime television? Like their evening news cast. This is Hmmmmmmmm moment.

[SZonian]

Excellent!

[robertpaulsen]

No. Read the 9/11 American dead again. Perhaps some people (in the media) have forgotten why we're over there.

[Arthur McGowan]

What's "Nightline"?

[dawn53]

It was funny, typically Beck.

I tuned in a little late, and I couldn't figure out why there seemed to be two people talking at times. You could hear Glenn, and then in the breaks you could hear someone reading off names.

Then he mentioned again that since Nightline was reading the list of those killed, they were going to read the list of those still alive.

He is off-the-wall at times, but always innovative, LOL!

[Made In The USA]

Surprised ABC/Disney is doing this now, as the DNC probably demanded it be done closer to the election.

[Made In The USA]

Why don't they read off the names of the 46.5 MILLION lives lost to abortion - Oh yeah, they can't. They never had a chance to even get a name.

[watchin]

Koppel read the names of all those who died on 911, too, right? </sarcasm>