[robowombat]

This relates to an earlier posting. This story relates the Army policy in more detail. Boxer is simply out to try and harass Bush.

[null and void]

I'm not quite grasping the problem here. How do they want them to be transported home, in First Class???

[generally]

Ask yourself this, if a member of your family died overseas, how would you get the body home? I would think via commercial carrier. I don't think this shows any disrespect, and believe me, I have the highest regard for all the members of our armed services.

I think you are right that someone is just trying to stir the pot. Probably a politician. I'd forgive just about anything the family said or did in midst of their grief.

[MindBender26]

Boxer: SB/DD

Same Bitch / Different Day

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I've had some personal experience of how these remains are treated, and you wouldn't believe the care and respect that goes into the handling and preparation of the bodies. The fact that they're being shipped as "freight" to their home locations is nothing more than a matter of semantics. There's no problem with custom transport to a processing center, but it would be absolutely impractical to arrange special transport for each set of remains to specific locations all over the country. There's nothing at all disrespectful about it, except perhaps in the eyes of those who seize upon every opportunity to discredit the military.

[Garvin]

Did she mention that all (I know for a fact that the Marines do this)are escorted to their final destination?

[R. Scott]

I thought they were bitching about them being returned on military aircraft to Dover. Now the bitch is that they are returned on commercial air?

[gridlock]

Boxer has sent a letter to Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey for an investigation into this case, noting that she “would like to spare other families from this terrible experience.”

What is to investigate? This is standard policy. It is not disrespectful or inappropriate.

Barbara Boxer is proof that being stupid is no barrier to success in this great country.

[Atlas Sneezed]

This Time Magazine photo of a flight arrived in Reno, NV suggests that there is indeed dignity associated with the transport of remains.

http://www.time.com/time/yip/2005/

[loboinok]

Former Military Chick addresses this aptly here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539363/posts long read, but definitly worth it!

[pfflier]

Boxer has sent a letter to Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey for an investigation into this case, noting that she “would like to spare other families from this terrible experience.”

The demoncrats are becoming predictable and repetitive. This is similar to the criticism that Rumsfeld wasn't personally signing condolence letters.

When things go well for the president (oh, like an election in Iraq for example), the usual suspects have to counter with something negative. Even though the shipment of bodies, civilian or military via air carrier is perfectly normal, Boxer infers something that isn't there with her "terrible experience" comment.

I think that actually supporting the president and the troops would be her "terrible experience".

[speekinout]

Defense officials *shouldn't have to defend this practice*. But somehow, any time a Dem manages to distort something, the accused do have to defend themselves.
And the accusations can get really flimsy, like this one. What's next? Our military are making Iraqi kids fat by giving them candy?

[mtbopfuyn]

Huh? What's her point?

[carolinablonde]

I wonder if we could find the exact bill that made this practice into law? Wouldn't it be a hoot if Botoxer actually voted for it?

Anybody good at searching thomas.gov to find the resolution number and when it was passed?