Family Upset Over Marine’s Body Arriving As Freight: Marine Bodies Sent To Families On Commercial Airliners (via John Aravosis at AMERICAblog)
They’re Dead Soldiers, Not Refrigerators Headed for Sears Roebuck
OK, let’s imagine something for just a second. Let’s say that Bill Clinton was still in office. And let’s say that the bodies of dead American soldiers were being shipped to their families as freight, stuffed in the cargo hold of a plane along with the luggage?
Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the American flag — greeted by a color guard.
But in reality, many are arriving as freight on commercial airliners — stuffed in the belly of a plane with suitcases and other cargo.
If Republicans were to get wind of this sort of Democratic perfidy, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH, AND THE PEALS OF RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION that would be raining down upon a Democratic Administration? And guess what? They’d have a damn good point. So why then is it acceptable for Our Glorious Leader’s Administration to be shipping the bodies of fallen soldiers as they would Aunt Ethel’s luggage? It’s simple, really; because Democrats simply lack the cojones to to raise Hell and demand that this disrespect stop IMMEDIATELY.
Of course, dead soldiers are no longer of any value to Our Glorious Leader’s excellent adventure in Iraq, so why bother with the military honors? It’s expensive, time-consuming, and frankly just plain incovneient. Why not save some money by shipping the stiffs back as freight? After all, it’s not as if they’re going to complain, right?
What is truly stunning about this sorry state of affairs is that we have heard nary a peep of protest out of Democrats. I suppose they’re all terrified of being accused of anti-American, unpatriotic pessimism and defeatism. You’re either with Our Glorious Leader or you’re for the terrorists, eh?
Perhaps the terrorists have already won….
