Since the American people are not allowed to see the arrival of dead American soldiers in Dover Delaware, we don't have the immediate visceral view of the Iraq Invasion death toll. The Bush Mis-Administration wants to keep it under wraps.
There's an election to face... and all those folded flags represent defeat to the cabal that started the Iraq Invasion and Occupation.
Here's the story of meeting 'HRs' (Human Remains) flights in Dover... as told by one soldier.
The 'Old Guard' provides ceremonial services such as the guards at the 'Tomb of the Unknown Soldier' and burials at Arlington National Cemetery.
I've been to Washington, DC several times as a visitor and lived in the DC metro area for a few years. Like millions of Americans, I have snapped pictures of the young, strong, straight-backed soldiers guarding the Tomb.
I have never had to attend a military funeral. But for these people, it is their job... day after day.
Now it looks like they have another sad duty to perform.