Make it stop

ARLINGTON, Va. - Traditionally, gravestones for Americans killed in combat have included the minimum information necessary to identify the fallen soldier, sailor, airman or Marine. Almost all the headstones for the more than 2,000 troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, however, are inscribed with the slogan-like operation names the Pentagon selected to promote public support for the conflicts. Families are being told they have the option to have the government-supplied headstones engraved with "Operation Enduring Freedom" or "Operation Iraqi Freedom" at no extra charge, whether their family members are buried in Arlington or elsewhere. A mock-up shown to many families includes the operation names.

Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia said "Most of the headstones out there at Arlington and around the nation just say World War II or Korea or Vietnam, one simple statement," he said. "It's not, shall we say, a designated theme or a designated operation by somebody in the Pentagon. It is what it is. And I think there's power in simplicity."

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So. The admin hides them from us when they come home, denies them every step of the way, but tarts up their grave stones with "Operation Bushco"? They didn't do that with the graves at the National Cematary I walk past every day. The stones are dignified and starkly honor the soldiers sacrifice. The markers say just Name, Rank and dates. They don't say "I was killed protecting the world from Nazis" or "I was killed stopping The Japs March Across The Pacific!" or "I was killed fighting Fascists in Italy!". I don't get it, why is George Bush doing this? Is this so the sheeple attending the 911 Rawks! Pro-War Rally and Concert will be able to pick out the graves as they walk through Arlington National Cemetary on their way to the Clint Black concert? Tell me that isn't why.

Red Mom - See there Tiffani, that there soldier died in Iraq, for our Freedom.
Red Kid - How about that one there Mama? he died in 1943.
Red Mom - Oh. I don't know, he died to protect Europe. The other soldier died to protect our Freedom.
Red Kid - There sure are a lot of graves here. Not very many say Iraq though.
Red Mom - it's because so few of our soldiers have died there, hardly any at all. You can see that here. That librul media makes it sound like more then it is.