She missed the point..suprisingly for her.What is interred in Arlington are the remains of 6 Americans and the Iraqi that could NOT be identified, even by DNA analysis, because of the extreme heat of the crash. There is a reasonable supposition that some of the remains are of the Iraqi..it would therefor be cruel NOT to have his name on the headstone..IIRC each of the Americans, and the Iraqi, had individual services, and identified remains were interred at indivudal gravesites, including the Iraqi's in Iraq. Nope..Debbie is BIG TIME WRONG here..sorry..
"While it is true that some of Abass' remains may have been mixed with those of the U.S. airmen with whom he died... While also true that Abass' ashes will share a single coffin with those of the four Americans..."
I agree with you.
There was no way to separate his remains from those of the others. Therefor it is necessary that he be buried with the others, therefor her complaint is misdirected. Her complaint about the other 59 would also need to be judged on a case by case basis, and probably were.
Since she got this one wrong, I'd be hesitant to take her word for the others unless she did a little legwork to find out who the others were and why they are where they are.
Two of the men buried in Arlington of these 6 lived very close to me and I went to their Memorial services. I was honored to learn of their dedication to their familes, to their Country and to their God. Outstanding men, all of them. I'm not going to weigh in on the murderer, but since the remains from the Memorial weekend crash canNOT be separated out, they made the right call. Sheesh, some people don't read, do they?