"Harry Krause" wrote in message

.... the military thinks it appropriate to conceal the
cost of war from the citizens of this country.

Harry, stop being foolish. Concealing the cost of war has naught to do with
it. Showing such photos is nothing more than an overly emotional tool by
those who want to lobby against any military action. This country has had a
policy that goes back at least as far as WW II that, simply put, states
that the feelings and emotional well-being of bereaved families are more
important than the career advancement of some photographer, newspaperman, or
political hack. During WW II, it was late 1944 before a battlefield photo
that in any way included a killed GI was shown in a US paper -- and that
one, I believe, was in error.

From time to time there are photos of ceremonies at Dover, etc., but
pictures of war dead that serve no purpose other than the political or
monetary are generally not used. They help virtually no one, and hurt many.
Its simply a low-class thing, Harry -- exploiting the war dead and their
families for political or monetary purposes. I should think you would have
recognized this, being familiar with such things.