Your Country is at War, The Stakes must be Shown I'll give a rare cudo to Drudge on this, as he is the source of these pictures. The Pentagon has tried to stop pictures of flag-drapped coffins they say out of respect to the families. However, other than identifying their nationality, these tell us nothing except that Americans have died, and they have died in a war. The have sacrificed themselves, and/or have been sacrified, in your name, if you are a citizen of the United States. In a Democracy you sanction these policies, if you cannot stomach the consequences, that's too bad. You should.