Reply #16: losing battle [View All]

[LA lady]

This is at least the 10th thread about this. You might want to do a search and read some of the others. As much as we would like to blame this administration, this is standard procedure and has been for many years. You are being closed-minded and I doubt seriously you are reading the sources provided.

We have enough battles to fight without picking one we will lose.

I am sure you won't bother to read it, since your mind is made up, but here is an excellent New Yorker article about how military casualties are handled.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/040809fa_fact1#top

“They asked us if we wanted a general funeral, and I said, ‘Sure,’ thinking, you know, a general funeral, like a regular funeral,” Jack said. “They sent a general.” Since September 11th, any service member killed in action is entitled to have a general preside over his or her funeral.