Bush's New Promotional Tool For His War

[Wizard777]

What would you like on your Tombstone?

ARLINGTON, Va. - Unlike earlier wars, nearly all Arlington National Cemetery gravestones for troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan are inscribed with the slogan-like operation names the Pentagon selected to promote public support for the conflicts.

What else would you expect from someone that orders a War like it were a pizza? The Families of our fallen Troops need "privacy" according to Bush. But Bush's War needs promotion! Promotion! Promotion!

[drhilarius]

1. What would you like on your tombstone?

well, not bald exploitation.

[Contrary1]

2. Mr Martell wins the understatement of the year award...

"I was a little taken aback," Robert McCaffrey said, describing his reaction when he first saw the operation name on Patrick's tombstone. "They certainly didn't ask my wife; they didn't ask me." He said Patrick's widow told him she had not been asked either.

"In one way, I feel it's taking advantage to a small degree," McCaffrey said. "Patrick did not want to be there, that is a definite fact."

The owner of the company that has been making gravestones for Arlington and other national cemeteries for nearly two decades is uncomfortable, too.

"It just seems a little brazen that that's put on stones," said Jeff Martell, owner of Granite Industries of Vermont. "It seems like it might be connected to politics."

[jayctravis]

3. Aesthetically, the uniformity of the markers is part of the

strength and dignity of the place. Is there anything they don't want to carve their freaking initials into? Does he WANT there to be the Official George W. Bush War on Terra Casualty section of the place?

[pacalo]

4. The much larger point I see here is that * is dictating the script

on the tombstones, whether it's acceptable by the families or not:

Nadia and Robert McCaffrey, whose son Patrick was killed in Iraq in June 2004, said "Operation Iraqi Freedom" ended up on his government-supplied headstone in Oceanside, Calif., without family approval.

"I was a little taken aback," Robert McCaffrey said, describing his reaction when he first saw the operation name on Patrick's tombstone. "They certainly didn't ask my wife; they didn't ask me." He said Patrick's widow told him she had not been asked either.

"In one way, I feel it's taking advantage to a small degree," McCaffrey said. "Patrick did not want to be there, that is a definite fact."

The owner of the company that has been making gravestones for Arlington and other national cemeteries for nearly two decades is uncomfortable, too.

"It just seems a little brazen that that's put on stones," said Jeff Martell, owner of Granite Industries of Vermont. "It seems like it might be connected to politics."

Does he think everyone is a game piece in his pretend world?

[Contrary1]

5. Here's a picture:

:cry:

[Wizard777]

7. Thank You for the picture. n/t

[Callalily]

6. This makes me sad,

this makes me cry. Bush is truly evil.

[Contrary1]

8. Kicking...

because more people need to be made aware of this. Just when I think this bunch couldn't get more heartless,
they prove me wrong. Print copies of the article and picture. Show it to everyone you know, especially the Bushbots.