Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Propaganda on Soldiers Tombstones?

The Pentagon has begun inscribing the media-friendly operation names (eg. Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom) onto the tombstones of soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. A Veterans Affairs spokesman says "It is to let the country know and the people that visit the cemetery know who served this country and made the country free for us", though no explanation is given as to why the practice only began in March of 2003, after the invasion of Iraq.

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