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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 03:49 PM Original message |
Army apologizes for hurtful message to survivors |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh my damn. No words, no surprises. Such a slap in the face to the brave men and women |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Probably a direct mailer. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Such a shame. I'd have thought that the Army would handle sensitive |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Privatization and autmation are wonderful things... |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. i know. What's a soldier worth once s/he's dead? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. What mistake? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. now now - I heard pickles a week or so back |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. John Doe says thanks. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Rumsfeld said troops were fungibles. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Or, as so aptly sung in 1973 ... |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's Hedley Lamarr! |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. How does one adequately apologize for calling one's dead son/daughter a john doe? |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. Remember the old joke... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Reminds me of "Our Sargent Major" |
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hardtravelin (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. We called it "Blood Upon the Risers" |
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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Army apologizes for "Dear John Doe" letters |
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Boomerang Diddle (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. But isn't that how the Army looks at soldiers |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Fungible, if you listen |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Freudian slip? |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Tragic, probably avoidable, and you can be sure that the responsible people are hurting. |
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Juan_de_la_Dem (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. We can't even send our own letters of condolences? WTF |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. They weren't letters of condolence. That would be even worse. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Again the Contractors aren't working so well for the Military |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
23. SNAFU or FUBAR? / nt |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. Army Sends 'Dear John Doe' Letters to Families of Fallen Troops |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. Kicking my thread back to the top. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. Is the death toll up to 7,000? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. Army sorry for 'John Doe' letters to relatives of war dead |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. "When you care enough to send the very worst" |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ho hum. Another Army snafu. At least no one died this time. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. EVERY recipient of one of those abominable letters dies a little inside, all over again. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. A past posting that covers this situation. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. outsourcing and contractors |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. they have absolutely no control over the asylum. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. cause they said |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. So the DofD doesn't have one literate person who can compose and print a proper letter? |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Do the 7,000 letters represent one per fallen soldier... |
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bdab1973 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. No |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. dupe |
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