Once again, somebody else has to hug the families

[kayell]

Milagros Perez (C) is consoled by grieving family members as the coffin of her husband, U.S. Army Sgt. Joel Perez, is buried in Newark, New Jersey, November 10, 2003. Perez was one of 16 soldiers killed in Iraq (news - web sites) when the Chinook helicopter they were in was shot down near Falluja on November 2. (Chip East/Reuters)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/031110/photos_ts/mdf403617&e=1

It's at yahoo, please give it a 5. I'm seeing more of these heart breaking photos recently. I suspect that news photographers are working to find a way around the blackout of filming "transport tubes".

[RamboLiberal]

1. This man buried his wife and his son together

Sgt Bucklew who died on the Chinook while returning home for his mother's funeral.

[mike1963]

2. What an awful irony. "Milagros" is Spanish for "miracles"

damn

[KG]

3. the moron in chief hasn't the cajones to show his face at a funeral.

cowardly scumbag.

[Sick of Bullshit]

4. But then again,

if I were a grieving family member, I don't think I'd want that smirking asswipe anywhere near me or my surviving family, much less get a *hug* from him

:scared:

[Lisa]

5. I'd be checking for my wallet ...

It seems the only time he hugs people is when he wants something. I recall one particularly revealing photo, where he had his arms around a black woman, but his eyes were spying around for the best camera angle.

[imax2268]

8. Good Point...

I wouldn't want smirk there either...

go have a photo op somewhere else...or go raise your gajillion dollars of campaign funds...or...take yet another vacation...

[KittyWampus]

6. Transfer Tubes Sound Very Cold & Inhuman

Coffins are what we know as a society. Are they trying to dehumanize the soldiers?

[newyawker99]

7. I agree cryingshame!

Transfer tubes? :puke: