Posted on 05/24/2005 2:18:49 PM PDT by itsdeadjim
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE MAY 24, 2005 12:48:22 ET XXXXX
'NIGHTLINE' KOPPEL TO READ NAMES OF SERVICEMEN KILLED OVER LAST YEAR
One year since honoring the American service men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ted Koppel and ABC News “Nightline” will again pay tribute to the fallen by devoting an extended broadcast to reading the names and showing the photographs of more than 900 service members who have been killed in those countries over the last year. Entitled “The Fallen,” the special “Nightline” broadcast will air Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2005 at 11:35 p.m. ET on the ABC Television Network. ABC News Radio will air excerpts of the program.
Last year on April 30, 2004, “Nightline” honored the 721 service men and women killed in action and in non-hostile situations in Iraq since the start of the war there. Less than a month later on May 26, 2004, the program paid tribute to the 122 service members killed in the war on terror since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. Monday’s program will honor those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and whose names have been released by the Defense Department since last year’s broadcasts.
“Nightline” will show a photograph of each service man and woman in succession with his/her name, military branch, rank and age, while Mr. Koppel reads their names aloud. In order to include each name and face, “Nightline” will be extended from 30 to about 45 minutes. Many of the photographs featured in the program are being provided by The Military Times Media Group, publishers of Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times.
As Theoden, King of Rohan said, "Hail the victorious dead".
Nothing wrong with remembering and honoring the sacrifice of those who have taken their place among the thousands of other who have died for this great nation.
If it's just a cynical political stunt then may the Lord rebuke them real good.
Honoring the fallen? Yea, right.
The real message is "LOOK HO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN BUSH'S WAR!!!"
If I recall correctly, they didn't include those killed in Afghanistan.
welcome today
Belay my last. Should have read the article. They had a sparate show for Afghanistan after a loud uproar.
No problem, you were right either way ;)
Thanks, I've lurked for a while.
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Yeah, the only time they have any honor for them is when they can use their deaths for a political ploy.
To me, it says, "Look how many of our best people died because we didn't have the balls to nuke Falujah"
That's what I see when "This Week" runs the names of our deceased warriors. I get more and more pissed every week at this damn PC war strategy. The least of the people we have lost there is worth more to me than the accomplishments of the Iraqi people for the next hundred years.
Ted?
Who cares? Bush won, so it doesn't matter this time. The first time they did it (and planned to omit Afghan casualties) was such an obvious political statement.
There IS a time for memorializing the lost -- Properly it is AFTER the war is over, not during the war.
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