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BS on CBC. All Liberal-bias.

Immediate family were there.

The defense minister said FAMILIES can request (and I assume in this case, but the Defense Minister is not going to pin this on the greiveing families) the future cases of this.

The Legion, Troops, and others have stated that they agree with the steps the Conservatives are taking the right steps in letting the families grieve without photo-ops, and the lack of lowering flags to half mast.

Calc is right...witht he media barred, they're pouting, and turning a mountain into the molehill...and turning to anyone and everyone who will agree with them.

CBC going so far as saying that this could knock the Cons out of office. Garbage.

And to draw paralells between this and the US situation is assinine.

Although it can be argued either way that the government in the US's bread and butter to stay in power is a "sucessful" war and that keeping public morale up as opposed to down is of interest to the governemnt as a result, there is no reasonable way you can say that a Canadian government that's been in power for 3 months, with a much smaller presence, with troops that are there that were sent in by the last government's mandate, is using the same tactics....again, CBC pouting that they didn't get to zoom in and show show Momma and Poppa crying when sonny comes home draped in a flag, and getting "experts" to agree with them and tossing out the US comparison to fire some shots at the Conservatives and fuel the general public's outrage without providing all the facts..