"JohnH" wrote in message
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I have been the Survivor Assistance Officer for my share of casualties.
Not one
has ever had the idea that their son's remains be met at the CONUS arrival
facility by the President. If it's such a big shortcoming, why hasn't the
Senate
minority leader, Daschle, made the trip to Dover? Is he being
disrespectful? He
isn't the President, or CinC, but so what? He considers himself to be a
very
important person with much higher standing than the President.

We're not talking about the asshole in office never attending a single
funeral, we're talking about the systematic hiding of casualties and the
poor treatment the people who've been injured in Iraq are receiving.

Our heros are second class citizens whose benefits, pay and basic humane
treatment (such as bullet proof vests) are overlooked or purposely denied by
this administration.

Shame on all of us for letting this happen.