“What the hell? We spent millions, tens of millions, to find any trace of soldiers killed, and they’re concerned about a ‘massive’ effort to go back and pull out the files and find out how many soldiers were disrespected this way?”-Rush Holt, U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey
Last month an investigation was conducted, after three whistle blowers revealed that bodies, and body parts of service men and women, killed in action, were being disrespected by being thrown into Virginia trash dumps.
“They have known that they were doing something disgusting, and they were doing everything they could to keep it from us!”-Gari-Lynn Smith, husband killed in Iraq and whose body parts were thrown in the trash by the U.S. Air Force
The investigation revealed that this is big. The U.S. Air Force handles mortuary duties at Dover AFB, Delaware. The mortuary director, Trevor Dean, admitted the practice goes back as far as 1996!
Air Force officials say they threw the cremated remains in the landfills because the family members signed releases saying they could do so. However, those releases specified the remains would be disposed of in a dignified way. Air Force Lieutenant General Darrel Jones was asked by the Washington Post if throwing them in the trash was dignified? His response was: “The way we’re doing it today is much better.”
What’s the new way? Why, they’re now dumping them in the ocean! Did these Air Force wing nuts ever hear of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
“The Tomb of the Unknown is one of our nation’s most hallowed places, guarded around the clock, regardless of weather, every day of the year. We owe this spirit of reverence not only to the unknown service members entombed at Arlington, but to all those who wear the uniform to protect and defend our freedom.”-joint statement by House Representatives Darrell Issa for California and Elijah Cummings for Maryland
Don’t think the new Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta is upset: “The secretary is comfortable with the way the Air Force has handled this.”-John Kirby, Captain U.S. Navy, Pentagon
Of the more than 2,700 body parts that were cremated and dumped, 274 were identified as individuals. Obviously there’s more. For one the Air Force never told the trash haulers, or the landfill operators that they were dumping human remains. Hell, in some parts of this country (depends on local laws) it’s actually illegal to dump human remains into landfills!
“It’s a moral thing. Someone killed overseas fighting for our country, I wouldn’t want them buried, any part of them, in the landfill.”-Jeff Jenkins, manager of King George landfill
The operators of the main landfill used, King George in Virginia, are considering legal action against the Air Force.
“Obviously, we would be opposed to taking cremated remains of our servicemen and servicewomen and putting them in our landfill. But it sounds like a lot of us were pulled in unknowingly to this unfortunate situation with the Air Force.”-Lisa Kardell, Waste Management, operator of King George landfill
This is more proof that the 1% Elitist leaders of our country don’t care about any of the 99%’s service, we’re all just cannon fodder for their games!