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Originally posted by pritchke:
Your government admitted afterwards that it was your bomb, with some reluctance. 3 stray Cruise missiles also fell in Southern Turkey. The US media does not show the dead, dying and wounded. If they did it would annoy the pentagon because they have to half-truths about the war to keep the masses in check to support the cause.
Showing dead and captured pow's when they know full and well it is against the Geneva convention.
As if the US media did not show Iraqi POW's. Your government made no comment on this.
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1. The US media have not been (at least generally) been showing closeups of the POW's faces. OTOH, supposedly the Iraqi government media was clearly showing the POW's faces and having them state their names.
2. The US media are not government controlled like the Iraqi media.
3. There is some question as to whether or not Al-Jazeera showing the footage is against the Geneva convention, since they are not an arm of the Iraqi government nor are they even Iraqi.
I think that in this day and age that one could make a decent argument that simply showing footage of a POW stating his or her name might have some positive benefits. First and foremost being proof that the person is or was alive and is being held by the enemy. If done in a respectful manner, it's not all that offensive.
OTOH, showing pictures of dead soldiers like trophies and particularly showing closeups of their faces is truly despicable.