CNN Transcript: "This is how the British honor their war dead"

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0405/06/wbr.00.html

An excellent segment from (of all places) yesterday's Wolf Blitzer show.

"When the British war dead come home from Iraq now, they are not hidden. Grieving is public. Important dignitaries and families gather for the return of those killed. TV cameras are kept at a discrete distance, but the reality of war is not denied. To many British, it seems bizarre that the Pentagon, citing concern for family privacy, does not allow pictures of its honored dead returning."

"Last October, the royal family, the prime minister and families of fallen soldiers all came together at St. Paul's Cathedral to honor Britain's Iraq war dead. To the British, the fact President George W. Bush has yet to attend the funeral of a single American soldier killed in Iraq seems more than strange."

"In the U.K., there's an effort to honor those who have died. In the U.S., under this administration, it seems there's a real effort to hide the cost of the war both in terms of the number of lives lost and in terms of money."

Harsh words from a station that's spared no expense in transmitting a consistently pro-Bush message all over the world.

Honor their dead. Not SHRUBCO.

soldiers to fight an immoral and unnecessary war.