Because of the way I personally feel about those who protect our nation, our freedoms and the freedoms of others around the world, I am compelled to write this article. It gives me no pleasure to do so, but I want this on the record.
The remains, or partial remains, of some 274 of our heroes, upon their return to Dover Air Force Base, were cremated and disposed of in a landfill.
That alone is enough to cause me great outrage but it is not the only part of this story which does so and, honestly, I do not know which part of this whole thing incenses me more.
It was the families of those heroes who gave authorization to the military, to dispose of the remains in a dignified and respectful way.
While cremation is indeed respectful and dignified, dumping those ashes in a landfill equates to everything which is neither.
In fact, it is shameful.
