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Originally Posted by JP5";p="
I can prove to you that its being done for purely "political" reasons. If Koppel were TRULY just honoring the dead soldiers.....he'd also read the names of those who lost their lives in Afghanistan....AND those who have lost their lives in Kosovo recently. But he's NOT. He's ONLY reading the names of those who have died in IRAQ. So....why is that????
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From what I gather, this "special airing" is to commerate the fallen in
Iraq. So why should they recite the names of soldiers who have fallen in other operations and campaigns? If you want to list all the names of soldiers who have perished in this "war on terrorism" why on Earth did you include Kosovo?
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Originally Posted by JP5";p="
And if he TRULY wants to "honor" the military....then why not read the names of all the hundreds thousands of LIVE soldiers representing the U.S. in many venues overseas, as well as in Iraq? After all, they might like to hear that they are appreciated as well.
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Would you watch for several hours to people reading out the names who are doing fine and AOK? Either way, from what I gather this is done to honor the soliders KIA, how would this honor them? It would only glorify the military institution, a mock military exercise could do the same thing.
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Originally Posted by JP5";p="
Plus, he got the idea, he says, from a LIFE piece done in 1969 concerning Viet Nam. So, just like Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd, Koppel is joining in to draw a comparison of Iraq to Vietnam.
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Because he was inspired to remember the names of the dead by a prior military fiasco, he therefore
must be trying to link to the comparison of that military fiasco to this military fiasco. That fox.
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Originally Posted by JP5";p="
And last, Koppel went on AirAmerica today blasting the war. Therefore he is no longer an "objective" anchor.....he's taken a poltical anti-war position on the war.
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I doubt that really matters to you anyway, the plans must have been "political" from the start. I wonder what this "blasting" means. What would your ideal "special airing" entail, in that case?
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Originally Posted by marybeth77";p="
you don't think they should read them? that we shouldn't all have the opportunity to put faces to the names? that doesn't seem very patriotic. please try to have some respect for those who died for our country. you ought to be ashamed!
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Reading the names of the dead is not the only way to remember the dead, I strongly doubt JP5 takes the death of there soldiers in vain. Just because she disagrees with the way it is presented does not make her unpatriotic. I wouldn't be the one to comment on another's patriotism from such an ill informed platform. I remember my country's war dead, but I don't find a recital of the names neccessary, or even commendable for that matter. Does that render me unpatriotic too?