Dead On A Slab In Iraq For 9 months With No Family Contact Or Next...

[bridgit]

Of Kin Having Been Notified: just back in from a sunday breakfast where our bartender seemed a little down this morning. hubby asked him how he was doing, he replied, "Oh, i'm fine." but he was down and hubby keyed upon it asking him further, "What's wrong?" he being otherwise a very buoyant, outgoing person.

he told us his partner was in the military, but had just received word that his female friend had been killed in iraq some 9 months ago, and has been laying on a slab in a makeshift morgue for 9 months, without the army having made, clearly, much more than the barest of cursory attempts to contact her family or next of kin...

they finally contacted him knowing that he had been in her company, and that he has had to contact her family. and that the entire experience has made his partner very sad indeed...

what is wrong with this country? what has happened to us?

[boston bean]

1. That is so sad, I bet there are many more like her, sad to say...

:(

[bridgit]

4. sad indeed, the dead i am sure have plenty to say, they are just unable...

to do so :cry:

[madokie]

2. the supreme court has led us down a very wrong road

a road that leads to much dispair

[bridgit]

5. SCOTUS can kiss my ass too...

but you are right as rain on that one

[madokie]

6. and while they are at it mine too

speaking of rain, you got any

[bridgit]

8. in SACTO!?! shit honey the best i could do is FedEx you overnight...

a little spritz bottle of sparkling Perrier x(

[madokie]

10. I'm afraid it would only evaporate before it got here but thanks anyway

its starting to look like desert here in green country

[bridgit]

11. likely huh...

:rofl: hey wait, better make that x(

[crim son]

3. Perhaps this is how we keep our casualty rate down,

by releasing the information only when it suits our purposes.

I think our country is gone.

[bridgit]

7. sure, stack'em up like cord wood round back, bring them out when...

you need them...it's the bfee way

[madokie]

9. I like it, I hope you give me permission to use

[bridgit]

14. no permission required...

[madokie]

15. but I liked asking, :-)

[SheilaT]

12. I'm slightly confused.

Was this a member of the military who had no next of kin to notify? How sad and strange. Or did the military simply not get around to notifying next of kin? Weren't the next of kin wondering why they hadn't heard from her is so long? Again, how strange and sad.

[bridgit]

13. it seems our military simply did not get around to notifying in due...

course yes...very sad

[SheilaT]

16. And in nine months

no family or friend ever inquired about her?

Is there any family, do you know?

[peacebaby3]

19. I agree Sheila. Very odd. When my husband was over there even

back when communication was much harder if I hadn't heard from him in even a month, I would have been camped out on the family services contacts door step and calling all the press. I also would have contacted other family members in the unit and asked them about contact with their family members and asked them to get info for me on my husband. Sorry, but this sounds really weird to me.

[bridgit]

21. see post #20...

but i am glad everything went well for you & yours :hi:

[bridgit]

20. i suppose it's true some join to gain a sense of family somehow...

to out find otherwise

[Horse with no Name]

17. I have a feeling that this isn't an isolated episode

The sad truths will only be released in increments.

[bridgit]

22. i wouldn't want to think that was the case, but even if it happens...

to a 'mere' handful, it is horrifying

[Rageneau]

18. HOO-AH! Ain't the American war machine great?

[bridgit]

23. yes, that was the sense i was left with, the great american war machine...

sputtering down the road, a jolly green giant once again