[RushLake]

Look, My son is a United States Marine. He and his family accept that he is in the profession of arms and will go in harms way, and die if necessary. He has always stood in the breach when ordered to do so. He comes from a long line of ancestors who have stood in the breach. I can guarantee you that if his body was in one of those coffins at Dover, I'd have no trouble telling Comrade Zer0 and his press corps to take a frigging hike.

Apparently you fail to understand that this "president" only does such things for photo ops. You apparently fail also to understand that this modern press corps by and large, looks with contempt upon those warriors and only sees their demise as a photo op. I'm sure some secretly celebrate their demise. I will not forget, nor will I ever forgive the press and the party of comrade Zer0 for doing the body count during the years of President Bush. I will also never forget that Comrade Zer0 has screwed around for 10 months while Afghanistan spins out of control while about 400 of our warriros have died. George W. Bush would never have intentionally done such a thing to our warriors or our country.

You respect that pantywaist and his limp wrist propaganda machine press corps, I'm sure the hell not.

[Coldwater Creek]

AMEN!!!

[tioga]

AMEN to that FReeper.

[ReneeLynn]

Dittos. BIL in Air Force, two deployments to Iraq under President Bush. I wouldn’t want THIS president anywhere near him.

[kittykat77]

You respect that pantywaist and his limp wrist propaganda machine press corps, I'm sure the hell not.

Nope, I don't. I just detest it when people start cat-fights over any president's motive in honoring the war dead, because a very important group of people get forgotten during all the hissing and clawing: the war dead.

But that's just me.

I personally -- meaning this is just my opinion -- think it is a disgrace to the fallen. Other people may think it's the ultimate honor for a dead soldier to have politicians hissing over his casket. Not me. I think it is a disgrace.