Not as pretty as it looked
It made for a moving image, but one former soldier-turned-undercover-protestor didn't care for the handling of those flag-draped faux-coffins.
Pallbearers were being recruited in haste. Flags were scraped on the concrete...If this was meant to be symbolic, I wondered what country it was supposed to mirror. Fallen American soldiers are treated with the utmost care. Meticulous casualty-handling procedures on the battlefield and at home are rehearsed and rehearsed. Honor and dignity are paramount. What a shame the Pentagon chose to black out this careful tradition, in which our national humanity shines so brightly. Perhaps then these protestors would have understood what it looked like to me when two volunteers tipped their casket on its end to get situated. These were not symbols. These were props.
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Odd, the reports I heard said that protesters were incredibly careful, making sure the flags never touched the ground and the like. I suppose the volunteers who were hastily recruited were maybe less careful, but the actual organizers of the event were, from what I've heard, incredibly serious about how you treat the flag and the coffins it covers.
Nice to know that there are undercover soldiers out there ready to catch even the slightest gaffe though. I mean, criminy, that seems mighty nitpicky.
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