18 year media ban lifted at Dover AFB this morning

[ClarkUSA]

MSNBC had footage of a fallen soldier's coffin offloaded a plane earlier -- with the permission of his family, of course.

Thank you, President Obama! Bush I started it for political reasons and it took a man of ethics and political courage to end it a generation later. :patriot:

[bdamomma]

1. it is about time when we all get to see and pay some respect

to these Americans who are loosing their lives in such miserable and unwarranted invasions started by those criminals Cheney and Bush.

[ClarkUSA]

2. Yes it is... it just took 18 yrs for Americans to get a President w/enough ethics to do it.

[Zywiec]

3. Yeah, I feel the same about Clinton as you do. n/t

[Uzybone]

4. This used to be a big deal on DU

but its not negative news about Obama so I guess its not that big a deal anymore.

Thank you President Obama for lifting the veil.

[Jennicut]

5. Its the right thing to do, we need to honor the fallen not cover it up

As long as the families are okay with it.

[Blue_Tires]

6. k+r

[cwcwmack]

7. it's ok

as long as the FAMILIES OK it.

[AtomicKitten]

8. Finally, because it's the right thing to do.

:thumbsup:

[firedupdem]

9. CNN kept asking "what do you think"....bottom line is the families

determine whether or not the fallen are shown. There was a lady on talking about how important this media ban being lifted is. President Obama did a great thing in changing this bush cover up. People need to see the casualties of war.

:patriot: