What About The First Amendment?

Bush: Privacy of Families Outweighs Photos

Of course, it is important to respect the families that have lost loved ones in Iraq (and Afghanistan), however, this is so blatantly a politically motivated move as to make one's eyes roll into the back of their head. They are coffins for christ's sake not photos of human remains. Flag-draped coffins have always served to honor those that have lost their lives in combat, right?

The fact is that an increasingly unsettled American public has begun to question our involvement in Iraq. The neo-cons are rightfully concerned that these photos might actually make the situation seem, gasp, real to the American public.

I am shocked that our government would shut down a website solely for displaying these images.... well, not really but you get my point. 1st amendment anyone? It all seems very police-state-ish if you ask me. This is exactly what the Soviet Union did during it's war with Afghanistan.