I think Bush is (imagine this) telling the truth when he says that our troops will return with honor. But I don’t see how we can substantiate it, if the media aren’t allowed to photograph the return of coffins.

Swift blazing flag of the regiment,

Eagle with crest of red and gold,

These men were born to drill and die.

Point for them the virtue of slaughter,

Make plain to them the excellence of killing

And a field where a thousand corpses lie.

–Stephen Crane, War is Kind