Lance Cpl Joshua Bernard AP Photo: Photo of Dying Marine

So "who" is killing now...it is not eight years ago...it is now. The only constant is the grunt in the field and he/she deserves our respect.  

RichTYou vocabulary and response to the previous comment show a severe deficiency in language and reasoning skills.  I don't care if you are liberal or conservative.  I only hope that you allow people to make their comments and be respectful back.  If they family asked the AP to respectfully remove the photo then they should have respected the family's wishes.  Otherwise why show them the photo before hand???  Now the same liberals you support when shown the reports of the discovery of WMD's in Iraq by the conservatives after they cried about them for so long simply said, well so what that's not important anymore.  Be respectful and you will be respected.  Semper Fidelis and You are welcome for you freedom of speech.

Cowardly? Douchebag? Useless Conservative? No Respect? Has Ever Protected Anybody? This conservative almost died protecting your right to sit behind a desk and computer and call me names while I was out protecting this country.  You're the coward, douchebag and have no respect.      

Why you lousy arrogant piece of crap. Who the hell do you think you talking to, death in wars over the last hundred years has been the consequence of left wing policy and thought, you jerk. Hitler a National Socialist [left], the Soviet Union [left], all the Communist Nations [left], Woodrow Wilson dragging us into WW I [left], Kennedy and Johnson dragging us into <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Viet Nam [left]. FDR pulling us into WW II without a proper military at the beginning [left], Korea and Truman [left]. What is sad is that we have to tolerate clowns like you who know nothing about history, obviously your brainwashed asshole.

RichT... look at the verbiage on your comment. Who is full of hate and anger?  I say you, sir.  It is folks like you who are too cowardly and timid to protect and serve the Constitution and this great republic.  If you were under fire, I bet you would cower like a dog, wet your pants and curl up like a little child and hide and cry.  Yes, I just called you yellow. Again, look at your choice of words, words only an uneducated and sophomoric person would choose. Your vocabuluary and command of English is challenged and limited.  "Douchebag", huh?  And you dare sare conservatives are venomous. I laugh at you, sir. Go back and crall under the rock from where you came.  You, sir, are neither a gentleman, lack compassion as a human being, lack respect for opposing points of view and lack respect for those that are holding and walking the line for YOU! If this was a picture of a dismembered and dying reporter and some Marine had posted a picture of same, the AP would have gone ballastic.  Trust me, you DONT want to see the nasty horrors of war. Let those of us that fight and have fought these wars bear the burdens, physically and emotionally, so others, including you, dont have to see or experience same. Until you walk a step in any Marines shoes, I suggest and highly recommned you refrain from passing judgement or engage in hasty generalization.  I can assure you that when the chips are down, there is no finer group of folks around than the USMC to protect you. If you were in harms way, Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, white, black, asian, hispanic, Jew, gentile, athiest or agnostic, all one need be is an AMERICAN and any Marine would protect you till death.  What say you, sir?  Would you do same? Or would you run away with your tail between your legs and go hide somewhere.  Man up and grow a pair Rich T. Yes, I was once with 2/3, to be specific Golf 2/3. The men and Marines with whom I served are a breed apart, second to none and, to this day, me dearest and closest friends. We are all brothers. Call us what you want, believe what you want and think what you want, we care not. Godspeed and Semper Fidelis Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard.  You are not forgotton and never will be forgotten.

You RichT are a complete moran, you understand Obama aproved sending 17,000 more soldiers to afghanistan? So explain to us how exactly that "liberals" vaule life of a soldier more then a conservative? You sit here and vilify others for being pro conservative against liberals, yet here you sit doing the same only backwards. Heres a History fact for you, Democrats have more Military blood on there hands then Republicans. FDR (WW2) 400,000 dead us troops, JFK and Lyndon Johnson (Veitnam) 57,000 dead us troops. Now that as opposed to George H.W. Bush (Gulf War) 147 dead us troops, and George W. Bush (Iraq and Afghanistan) about 4500 dead us troops. So dont try and make it look like the Democrats are oh so great. And last ichecked the DEMOCRAT controlled congress is ruining this country and driving the national deficit sky high......so thanks alot you liberal nut

Well, all I can say is the BOTH Conservatives AND Liberals had started wars -- some justified some not. Get real, just remember he who points fingers has three pointing back. Oh, by the way I am neither -- I am a very Proud American who would again fight to save your right to be ignorant. One question -- Who sent millions of U.S. Military men and women to fight in Europe during WWII?  Who and what was he?  We not only had thousands of servicemen die in Franch, Germany and Italy, but we bombed those countries and killed millions of men, women and children.  We didn't need to be in that war.  Now, who was the leader of this great nation?  Was he a Liberal or a Conservative?  and  who cares.  We had to go there and fight to save not only Europe but the U.S.   Just think about it.

As a retired military person I assure you that it is YOU that is scum.

How dare you post such a meaningless comment about a very serious subject. You don't deserve to live in our Country! This isn't about Republicans or Democrats, this is about the choice of a free young man that decided to join a cause that he truly believed in enough to sacrifice his life if necessary. You are probably at home living in your parents basement and writing inflamatory comments like the one you posted on this subject, because you will never have the courage to do anything to help this Country while you enjoy the freedoms we have and take for granted. The only scum in this post is YOU! He wasn't a conservative or a liberal, he was a son of America. Wake up you Obama Zombie!!!

Lt Long, This photograph DOES need to be shown and published. Nobody is sneering or laughing at this dead soldier so the whole "respect for the family" nonsense doesn't cut any mustard. War is a serious and dirty business and if people are allowed to whoop and high-five each other as the F-16's are dumping bombs on cities, they should have the stomach to see what they are cheering for and what the effects are. This isn't a game and it isn't a movie. Why do the oil barons ban the photographs of coffins coming back from the combat. A coffin isn't exactly something that would make you cringe, is it? No.....but it's the deliberate hiding of war's consequences and making some crappy excuse like "respect for the families" or "sensitivity and privacy" is utter BS. When people see the effects of war and the unhappy outcomes then they aren't so easily swayed and blinded. As long as Joe Public doesn't see blood-splashed children, screaming mothers, legless soldiers or whimpering orphans then he won't stop and think and sympathise. I have no problem seeing horrible images. They depress me but I'm nott going to sue someone for publishing a picture of a load of skeletons at Auschwitz or bloated corpses in New Orleans. But the scum who want this war to go on under the covers don't want the public to see the horror of melted bodies or birth defects. The reason is obvious but the excuse is pathetic. So don't insult my intelligence by stating that certain images should be witheld to respect the family. I can pretty much guarantee you that this Bernard kid's family did NOT demand that this phot be pulled. The Pentagon did...because it doesn't help their war effort.