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Censorship is censorship in any form it is wrong to withhold knowledge from the people. The only true exception would be for DEFENSE and even then only for weaponry that is in development.
I guarantee the enemy knows far more about the attacks than we do. They probably have the names, social security numbers and next of kin names of their victims before the next of kin is notified. So to say that we need to censor the attacks and the damage done is ludicrous and a shallow argument.
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Interesting considering you apparently dont know how these things act out. We dont just leave the victims there during a fight. The US or it's allies have not withdrawn from a fight without its casualties. Only a select few didnt make it out (I.E. downed aircraft). So our dead made it out with the vehicles they went in with. So saying they already know who died and who survived is ludicris.
We dont just leave our bodies lying there, the insurgents are forced to do that more often than not so we have a very clear picture on how many were killed. We take our bodies out because of medical hope of revival, out of respect, commoradery, and to deny the terrorists access to them.
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The only true exception would be for DEFENSE and even then only for weaponry that is in development.
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Now I have to say that this is without a doubt one of the most ignorant statements EVER I have seen on the boards. Only for weaponry in development? How about the location of our carriers, their date of port visits and location? How about troop movements? How about weak armor points on the M1 Abrams (over 15years old now... not exactly new).
Censorship is required WHENEVER the lives of men are at risk. Your need to know does NOT entitle others to die. Other people should NOT lose their lives or get maimed because a smug sense of entitlement.