Monday, December 12, 2005

"supporting our troops"

Family Upset Over Soldier's Body Arriving As Freight
Bodies Sent To Families On Commercial Airliners
SAN DIEGO -- There's controversy over how the military is transporting the bodies of service members killed overseas, 10News reported.
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Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the American flag -- greeted by a color guard.

But in reality, many are arriving as freight on commercial airliners -- stuffed in the belly of a plane with suitcases and other cargo.

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This just shows the kind of respect that the repugs have for the military! Who could ever even conceive of such a thing?!