No one should ever have to hear the details of their family member's death from the press.
As difficult as it may be, the government needs to be more up front with the families of those who have been killed in the middle east. I realize that this man was not in the military, but the media never should have been able to go to his family with the details of his death before they had been told everything that had happened. The press only cares about beating their competition to the punch.
The situation in Iraq has become so volatile, I don't know how we're ever going to get ourselves out of it. We certainly can't walk away right now. The country would be left in total chaos. But I don't know how we can expect civialians to aid in the rebuilding process when even our military personnel isn't safe.
The company I work for has sent employees to Baghdad, including a couple from my office. I sure hope I don't have to read about them in the paper.
Posted by geekchik at May 11, 2004 01:06 PM