Karen: If the federal government is going to force tobacco companies to put grotesque photos on their cigarette packages, warning people of the dangers of smoking, might it also force the U.S. military to do the same kind of “truth in advertising”? What about requiring the armed forces to put photos of dead and dismembered American soldiers on their recruiting posters and ads, with the message: “Be all that you can be in the Army”?

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