It is NOT ok to use the deaths of troops to score political points and take pot shots
It is NOT ever ok.
I am a veteran's wife. What i saw this morning in a particular diary disgusted me. Its absolutely critical that we do accept criticizem of anyone, especially the President. Its a sign of a functioning society.
But what is not ok is to use the deaths of people instead of actual arguments to do it. Its not what we progressives should be about. That is something that the right wingers have done to my utter disgust. They have used the deaths of 9/11 victims to start TWO WARS where those troops in that diary were killed. It seems that some people are no better than that.
Imagine you were one of the family members and you came to this website and saw a photo of your loved one in a diary that was supposedly wishing the President a happy birthday but was in fact using their loved one to take a political shot at the President. Imagine how they would feel. Having been in the military and sadly having been friends with people who lost their loved ones in both wars, and having my husband go away in both wars I have some idea of how they would feel. Anger and pain.
Their loss is already hard enough without some yahoo using it for political purposes.
You can debate the merits and non merits of both wars without using the deaths of the people that went to serve. They are the victims.
Leave them alone.
Make your points without using people who can't speak out for themselves.