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Posted on 09/05/2009 9:51:58 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan

NEW YORK – Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed disappointment Friday at news outlets that used a picture taken and distributed by The Associated Press depicting a U.S. Marine mortally wounded in combat in Afghanistan.

The AP distributed the picture despite personal pleas from Gates and the dead Marine's family in a case that illustrated the difficult decisions in reporting on a conflict where Americans have seen relatively few images of fallen U.S. troops over eight years.

The picture, by AP photographer Julie Jacobson, showed Lance Cpl. Joshua "Bernie" Bernard, 21, lying on the ground with severe leg injuries after being struck by a grenade in an ambush on Aug. 14, his fellow Marines tending to him. Bernard later died of his wounds.

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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; disgusting; usmarinecorps
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To: lack-of-trust
I understand that the family did not want to see the graphic image, but I don't see a reason to condemn the AP for publishing the image.

Say what?

21 posted on 09/05/2009 10:58:00 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (T.")
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To: lack-of-trust; gardencatz
lack-of-trust, many of us are most curious to read your response to gardencatz. . . .waiting. . .go on.

You replied to others challenging your thoughtless position, why not her’s?

22 posted on 09/05/2009 10:58:18 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Bulldawg Fan

It was done on purpose to stir up muslims hatred more here and around the world...Dontcha get it yet, Islam is here, it’s in the White House and surrounded by the likes of Van Jones, Arianna Huffington. Islam’s goal? Conquer the world. Have they?


23 posted on 09/05/2009 11:04:02 AM PDT by Freddd (Government run health care=paying more and being denied what we already have.)
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To: lack-of-trust

I guess we do have different definitions. When the family asks the photos not be used of a dying man, I think that means something, you dont.


24 posted on 09/05/2009 11:13:51 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: gardencatz
As the mother of a Marine I understand why the family wouldn’t want the photo broadcast everywhere. Yes, Marines die far from home but it seems the very least WE (and that includes the press) can do is respect the wishes of the family who will never again see their loved one. Maybe some families wouldn’t care if the photo was made public but this family did. Do we have no obligation to respect the wishes of a grieving family? Haven’t they sacrificed enough?

DITTO... and, Amen.

I don't how anyone could debate this point.

25 posted on 09/05/2009 11:24:23 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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To: lack-of-trust
Lance Corporal Bernard was a mother's son. His mother, along with other family members, requested that the photo of her dying son not be shown publicly. That simple, reasonable request trumps EVERYTHING concerning this matter, and that request should have unquestionably been honored.

The AP showed sickening, self-serving disrespect, and gross callousness by publishing it. They are guilty of flipping-off a mother in the midst of her grieving the loss of a son. May those at the AP who made the decision to publish the photo -- all leftist, US soldier hating pigs -- go to hell.

26 posted on 09/05/2009 11:40:23 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo
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To: lack-of-trust
I understand that the family did not want to see the graphic image, but I don't see a reason to condemn the AP for publishing the image.

I must say that I agree with you on this. There's a possibility that we're all about to see a lot of dying the the streets, so we might as well become jaded to it.

And, why not see the true sacrifice that our soldiers are making on our behalf?

Regarding seeing a similar picture of Obama in the aftermath of him falling victim to such a bombing I would say it's a waste of ink. All of us already know by now that he's "red" on the inside.

27 posted on 09/05/2009 11:57:13 AM PDT by The Duke ("Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Democrat Party?")
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To: lack-of-trust

on September 11th, men and women lept from the Towers, to their deaths to escape the agony of the flames. The pictures are almost never seen in print. I am sure that the mother of every victim would say “don’t publish’ if asked, and yet I believe these pictures should be published, every year, to remind the nation why we fight.

The Bernard family does not grieve over the publishing of a photograph, they grieve the loss of their son and the hopes and dreams that died with him. I pray God brings them comfort.

As for the brave young marine, he and I will meet one day and I will express my gratitude then.

Semper Fi


28 posted on 09/05/2009 2:00:31 PM PDT by lack-of-trust
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To: Oldexpat

Kennedy, Reagan.. two that did get shot on camera. yes they would.


29 posted on 09/05/2009 2:21:42 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: izzatzo; lack-of-trust; Bulldawg Fan; gardencatz

lack-of-trust is a newbie.


30 posted on 09/05/2009 5:03:30 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: Bulldawg Fan

Didn’t the current president okay the photographing the coffins coming in at Dover Air Force Base? Why would anyone not expect what followed? This is who these people are. Resist them when you vote. As a matter of fact, resist them when they rant.


31 posted on 09/05/2009 5:44:09 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: lack-of-trust

I would like to see him express his gratitude to you as well...........


32 posted on 09/05/2009 6:18:19 PM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: lack-of-trust

“As for the brave young marine, he and I will meet one day and I will express my gratitude then.”

I would like to see him express his “gratitude” to you.


33 posted on 09/05/2009 6:20:01 PM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: Bulldawg Fan

People need to see that war is hell. People need to see the toll it takes on our sons and daughters. People need to see what they sacrifice for our freedom. People need to see this ghastly photo. May it be burned into our minds so that we never forget this marine’s sacrifice for us.

Where’s the AP bias in this particular situation? Their photographer was there, on the front lines, risking her life to bring us photos of our boys fighting in Afghanistan, and this happened. Which do you prefer? White-washed DoD controlled PR telling us everything is fine, or the truth? I am sorry the family’s wishes weren’t respected, and I pray that they find healing, and that their son’s sacrifice will not be in vain.


34 posted on 09/05/2009 9:17:55 PM PDT by Karma Police (Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!!)
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To: Karma Police

AMEN!!!


35 posted on 09/05/2009 9:20:22 PM PDT by awake-n-angry
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To: This Just In

newbie and a lurking troll. . . .


36 posted on 09/06/2009 5:12:22 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: lack-of-trust
As I understand it the family of Marines killed in action are still considered a part of the Marine family.

Member of that Marine family requested the photo NOT be published.

....and you as a Marine, do not have a problem with that????

WTH

37 posted on 09/06/2009 5:16:55 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Karma Police

If the photo was of an unidentified Marine, not specifically identified, then you may have some leeway with that argument. But it was not. It was clearly identified as a specific Marine and the wishes of the family, the grieving family, were ignored so the “reporter” and the media could pursue their holy grail—the Pulitzer. That is the sole motivation for those jackals, nothing more noble.

They feast on the carcass of a dying young man so they can grow fat from the accolades of their media peers.

Next time a media war-wh*re is killed or injured, no tears from me, no prayers for them.

I sincerely wish their mangled and bloody body as they lay dying is never published and their memory fades quickly from memory.

They have done nothing nobel, nothing honorable, and showed distain and arrogance when faced with a true situation that tested their humanity. . . .and they were found wanting.


38 posted on 09/06/2009 5:24:13 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Karma Police

Your words ring as hollow as an empty can. Do you work for the AP?

Common decency plays no part in your evaluation. I’m sorry you lack that trait.


39 posted on 09/06/2009 5:43:36 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: Hulka

They have done nothing nobel, nothing honorable, and showed distain and arrogance when faced with a true situation that tested their humanity. . . .and they were found wanting.

The best sentence written here in a long time. And I like the Jackal description.


40 posted on 09/06/2009 5:46:12 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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