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I found this article in today's copy of the Stars and Stripes, the US Army's daily newspaper and I was deeply appalled and disspelled by what I read;

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=33689

If I were a parent and my son, who fought bravely and died for his country, had died and was sent home like an ordinary piece of luggage, I would be on the front lawn of the whitehouse, continually flipping off G.W. Bush for f'king the war and sending my son to fight, only to come home on the luggage conveyor belt like my other suitecases.

This really pisses me off and makes me ashamed to be American, really!!

rok_the-boat · Joined: 24 Jan 2004

So what are you supposed to do - set the corpse up in a first class seat?

canuckistan · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:

Pligganease · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: The deep south...

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Or maybe this just demonstrates the contempt George W. Bush has for common people everywhere.

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

Well, at least they are sent home and not buried where they died.

Octavius Hite · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject:

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http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=49028

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

Well, I don't know. On one hand, it shows respect for the dead and their families if the military takes charge of the bodies until they arrive at destination. But on the other, using a commercial flight could be the better option if the body are repatriated in a more timely manner. In any case, not allowing the unit to organize an honor's guard to welcome the body is disrespectful on so many levels. I hope vets raise a stink about this. I wonder how George Bush Sr. thinks of all this, being that he's a WW2 vet. John McCain must be fuming.

TJ · Joined: 10 Mar 2003

Many, many years ago I worked in the reservation section of an Australian airline. Passengers complained bitterly if they knew there was a body on the same aircraft they were travelling on.

Consequently, if we had to transport a coffin it was placed inside a crate so (live) passengers wouldn't know there was a body on board. What's more, the cargo manifest listed it as a "natural history specimen", not a coffin.

The passengers were happy and there were no complaints from the corpse, either.

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

They are dead! Do they really need a business class seat the badly?

Summer Wine · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: Next to a River

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

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canuckistan · Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:05 pm Post subject:

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I think transporting corpses on commercial flights/ships is normal procedure. Isn't it? I don't really get the complaint of that aspect of this.

The offensive part, to me, is the lack of honor guards at the point of destination, with all the ceremonial that is due the fallen.

I know the administration has forbidden photographs of coffins coming off planes as part of their effort to control public reaction. That is controversial in and of itself. But not to treat the remains with all due respect and honor is beyond the pale.