I would hope that nobody in our military would be so soft as to suggest that the media do not show the realities of war because the public need to know and our politicians need to learn not to enter into it lightly.
Well said. I'm all in favour in showing the public the realities of war our troops are fighting, with appropriate safeguards of course - one would hope the beeb wouldn't be so insensitive as to show any such footage without the consent of the relatives involved.
Incidentally, the footage was no less graphic than that shown late last year at the beginning of the BBC prog about the RIR trooper who lost his legs. That was truly awful.