Solider's remains dumped in VA landfill

“What can be said about this? How long can we continue to trust these people?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/air-force-dumped-ashes-of-more-troops-in-va-landfill-than-acknowledged/2011/12/07/gIQAT8ybdO_story.html?wprss=”

“That link might not work, try this one:

http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?feed_id=1&catid=57339029&videofeed=37


Or this one:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/08/remains-274-troops-reportedly-dumped-in-virginia-landfill/”

“Wtf!”

“Old news, and certainly more than a little sensationalist.

Air Force officials acknowledged the practice Wednesday in response to inquiries from The Washington Post. They said the procedure was limited to fragments or portions of body parts that were unable to be identified at first or were later recovered from the battlefield, and which family members had said could be disposed of by the military.

Lt. Gen. Darrell G. Jones, the Air Force’s deputy chief for personnel, said the body parts were cremated, then incinerated, and then taken to a landfill by a military contractor. He likened the procedure to the disposal of medical waste.

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“"The Air Force said it first cremated the remains and then included those ashes in larger loads of mortuary medical waste that were burned in an incinerator and taken to a landfill. Incinerating medical waste is a common disposal practice but including cremated human ashes is not, according to funeral home directors, regulators and waste haulers."

$80 billion a month and this is the best we can do? They are ashes of soldiers, separate from medical waste. They don't take up much space, put them in the tomb of the unknown in Arlington. There is much effort given to collect these remains on the battlefield. Dumping them at sea doesn't cut it either, imo. That's what we do with our enemy's remains..”