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OUR HONORED DEAD?
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OUR HONORED DEAD? |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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this story http://www.10news.com/news/5504608/detail.html Prompted me to pen the following. It’s bad enough our Government Doesn’t want the Images shown But there is something worse That for the most part is unknown. After those Heroes get to Dover From wherever they were Killed Their treatment with Due Respect Doesn’t seem to be fulfilled. They might be sent with luggage As freight on commercial planes That’s no way to treat our Heroes No way to handle their Remains. One of our military aircraft Should fly them to the nearest place Flown with Dignity to Loved Ones And turned over, face to face. Each should have an Honor Guard Or at the least accompanied By an escort from our Nation For whom they did this ultimate deed. We spend ten thousand an hour For the President to fly around Why then for our Real Heroes Can’t a few dollars be found. Just another commentary Though it’s bad and sad, but true About how we treat our People Who Fight and Die for me and you. Our Government has it’s rules To do most of what I’ve said But as usual bends them to suit To what it wants to do instead. Just a heads up to the Families And to let the rest of us know They say they treat our Troops well But that’s not always, really, so. 12-11-2005 Del "Abe" Jones |
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DennisTheMenace Member
since 2005-09-04
Posts 240 |
I believe U R mistaken, there's a special unit there just to give proper respects and honor, it's just that the press doesn't see or doesn't want 2 see. |
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silverwind Junior Member
since 2005-12-07
Posts 37that place over there |
Too soon are young service personell forgotten by their respective governments, too readily are their deaths regarded as an embarrassment. Have you noticed though, when one of these young warriors goes above and beyond the call of duty and their acts of heroism save their comrades lives, their respective governments cannot wait to bathe in their limelight. silverwind |
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majnu
since 2002-10-13
Posts 1088SF Bay Area |
terrible, but hey, the gov learned a lesson with how the populace reacted to vietnam footage. the press has never since gotten such access (except for maybe when geraldo got shot at). dennis, i was under the same impression, but i think there is only honor guard are arrival to us and then at burial. if these bodies are being shipped frieght - well that is terrible. as for the press - they do want to see, they SUED to see, but the access to the military is not governed by exactly the same laws as access to anything else. -majnu |
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