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Old 07-11-2008, 02:34 AM
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Default Re: Military Kicks Out Embedded Blogger For Photographing Marine Killed In A Suicide

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Originally Posted by Jaaaman View Post
Bush had nothing to do with the decision to kick out the blogger.
No, but in these situations, government policy determines the actions that will be taken. Your government and mine don't want the public to see the bad side of their wars. Their objectives are to do everything possible to gain and retain public support and that doesn't include showing pictures of fallen soldiers. After all, they wouldn't want to diminish the recruiting process by showing potential recruits just how hellish war can be, would they.
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