http://news.antiwar.com/2009/04/27/most-families-allow-media-to-report-on-fallen-soldiers/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/04/27/most-families-allow-media-to-report-on-fallen-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Rod Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:09:56 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=3442#comment-1284 The soldiers do not 'fall', as if they had carelessly left their bootlaces untied. What they are is not 'fallen soldiers' but 'dead soldiers', or, if you like, 'killed soldiers'. Saying what they are without beating about the bush might just make sending them off in the first place a harder sell. The soldiers do not 'fall', as if they had carelessly left their bootlaces untied. What they are is not 'fallen soldiers' but 'dead soldiers', or, if you like, 'killed soldiers'. Saying what they are without beating about the bush might just make sending them off in the first place a harder sell.

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