at the Dover airbase.  I hope that this is happening.

Hunglow, you propose more symbolism over substance.  We just went through eight years of that bullshit.  You probably would pick random service funerals.  But what if the random picks came back to all white male soldiers, would you repick until you found the correct ethnic ratio? then try to select an equal number of males/females?  President Clinton would have not passed such a photo opp as attending the first female combat fatality, but would her loss be any more significant than that of another soldier?  If Al Gore was in this position, and don't insult us saying that he couldn't possibly get here, (remember Gen. Aristide?  Black Hawk Down?  Army Rangers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu(sp?))  you would be attacking him like this?  I don't know what state you live in, and don't care, but if you haven't figured out how to view a fallen soldiers' funeral yet, then your head is squarely up your ass.  No, the military isn't allowing the general press into Dover AFB, nor should they.  It's a military Base and we're at war.  Far too many of the general public have had the unfortunate opportunity to witness these heroes returning from oversees.  I live in the midwest in a rural area and we have had two soldiers killed in nearby towns.  I went to one and I didn't see CNN there, but the local news carried some coverage without attaching a politcal statemnet to it.  Instead of asking why the press isn't allowed to show the dead being flown into Dover, why don't you ask why haven't we seen any footage of 9/11 since the war began?  Is it because it may cause rage against terrorism?  Does the media want to keep us from getting to worked up and turn into a bunch of out-of-control warmongers?  Did Ted Koppel not get enough mileage out of devoting an entire hour showing the faces of the fallen soldiers?  Pulleeeeze