Decius wrote:
] ] "When Iraq broadcast photos of dead American soldiers,
] ] the U.S. considered that against human rights," Jordanian
] ] political analyst Sahar al-Qassem said. "So, why are they
] ] violating that now by showing such inhumane pictures?"
]
] I strongly agree with this position. Although I am sympathetic
] to the position that hiding the public from the realities of
] war has as much to do with desensitizing them as it does with
] respecting the families of the dead, if we are to take the
] position that it is morally inappropriate to show pictures
] like this, and we absolutely have taken this position, then to
] turn around and do so is an abomination. We are obviously
] violating our own moral platitudes. I am extremely
] disappointed.

Just as a data point, here's the opinion of Salam Pax on the situation (the latest comment at this point is from 7/24, before the pictures were made public):

 http://www.dearraed.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_dear_raed_archive.html

RE: U.S. violates is own moral platitude