#39793 - 12/09/11 02:43 PM
Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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Carpal Tunnel
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Yeah, let's not question the Bush Junta's decisions--let bygones be bygones, right? http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/1...ops-in-landfillNew information revealed that the practice, exposed by The Washington Post in November, had become very widespread until it was halted in 2008, the newspaper reported.
Last month, Pentagon and Air Force officials said that figuring out how many remains were sent to the King George County, Va., landfill would take combing through the records of more than 6,300 troops.
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#39795 - 12/09/11 02:58 PM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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This is sick. Heads should roll.
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#39796 - 12/09/11 03:10 PM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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Registered: 09/03/08
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Is it too late to abort a former President?
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#39814 - 12/10/11 08:25 AM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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Is it too late to abort a former President? Yes, but not too late to prosecute.
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#39816 - 12/10/11 08:53 AM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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What a crappy policy. 976 fragments from 274 personnel were cremated, incinerated and dumped in the landfill. An additional 1,762 remains, which could not be DNA tested because of damage from explosions, were gathered from the battlefield and dumped in a similar manner, the Air Force told the newspaper. What happens to the limb of a civilian amputee now? For most patients the amputated body part is disposed by incineration with other medical waste. link. Hmmm. Off to the landfill. Still this is a PR nightmare. What were they thinking of? Why not spread the ashes over one of our mountain ranges or something more respectful? Prosecute Bush? Not going to happen.
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#39819 - 12/10/11 10:59 AM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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Carpal Tunnel
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Wow. Few of us will ever deserve the respect that a soldier has earned by giving the ultimate sacrifice. What the heck were they thinking?
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#39822 - 12/10/11 03:30 PM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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It probably went something like:
Mortuary: There are lots of chunks of people. The big ones we assemble. What about the little pieces?
A call to the PIC (person in charge): What do we do with the small pieces?
PIC: What do you usually do with unidentifiable stuff?
Mortuary: We incinerate it.
PIC: Sounds good to me. Go for it.
You would think our soldiers remains would be important enough to hash out a policy instead of a quick decision. From a political view it was foolish. From a personal view it is insulting. Not a landfill for crying out loud.
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#40193 - 12/21/11 02:28 PM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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Registered: 12/20/11
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Yes, but not too late to prosecute.
I understand that the Hague is running out of War Criminals to prosecute. Maybe next time Bush leaves the country he will be arrested and not just have protesters saying he should.
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#40300 - 12/23/11 12:59 PM
Re: Bush Admin. dumped soldiers' remains in a landfill
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Nor Switzerland After reading this I'm not sure why he's safe from prosecution in the US as well.
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#41630 - 02/08/12 01:55 AM
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I need to fix it. Not a lot left in me. _________________________________ More recently, the Thai sport of cockfighting to the game. คาส...609;์ source of คาสิโนออนไลน์, as indeed in other countries.
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#41631 - 02/08/12 05:46 AM
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Interesting that your url leads to a gaming website. Is that intentionally?
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#41632 - 02/08/12 07:46 AM
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We're getting a trickle of spammers here.
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#41659 - 02/10/12 06:34 AM
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I blame Doug
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