Of all the things the Bush administration politicized… this has got to be the sickest. Hiding military coffins from public view just so Americans would be shielded from the negatives of war was pure crap and showed a total disrespect for the fallen. They gave their all, and republicans shit on them.

Things have now changed. These men will finally get the respect they deserve, thanks entirely to taking control out of the hands of republicans. Same as with those who are returning wounded. They will finally get the care they deserve. No more shoddy, underfunded VA hospitals. Like the days of crappy republican control, those days are long gone.

No matter what arguments are put forth to keep these coffins from view, the citizenry deserves to know that there are real and dire consequences to going to war. There is no question, as a nation, we are fairly dumbed down. We don’t need more of that. We need less. Americans should be made aware of what is being done in their name.

Official: Pentagon allows coverage of war coffins

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Pentagon will lift its ban on media coverage of the flag-draped coffins of war victims arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

But the families of the victims will have the final say on whether to allow the coverage, he said.

President Obama asked Gates to review the policy, and Gates said he decided after consulting with the armed services and groups representing military families to apply the same policy that is used at Arlington National Cemetery.

“I have decided that the decision regarding media coverage of the dignified transfer process at Dover should be made by those most directly affected — the families,” he said at a news conference.

Not long after Gates’ announcement, the political action committee VoteVets.org issued a written statement saying it is “fully supportive” of the decision.

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