Some credit the end of America's involvement in Vietnam with the advance of television and newer media. For the first time in history, people could witness the atrocities of war first-hand, well, second-hand really, from the (dis)comfort from their own homes. Nixon's popularity plummeted when the students rioted, and voila! Troops pulled out. But then in 2001, the Department of Defense made it illegal to photograph soldiers coming home from Afghanistan in caskets, and their subsequent burial ceremonies. Yeah, one of those "security" risks things, like bringing shampoo on airplanes or knowingly lying to a country to get them involved in a war with no clear exit strategy. One of those. But now America might finally get to see some of the casualties of whatever war they're fighting:

Republican Walter B. Jones, who has been very vocal in the House over veteran interest issues, created the bill in response to the deaths of the 4,100 U.S.troops whose memorials were never photographed. His supporters include members of both parties; Ron Paul (not a surprise), Ted Poe (R-Texas), Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) are among the six co-sponsors of the bill. Now, will the bill pass in the Senate? Maybe, maybe not. But it would be a great wake-up call to the war's supporters to open the morning paper and see the bodies they are sending overseas coming home in body bags.