Something I was wondering about...

[Lester222]

... what actually happens to all the bodys of the people that the military shoots? I mean who cleans up after there has been a battle and then what happens? Do they have to do any paper work? Just out of curiosity.

[hobbit709]

1. SEP

Somebody Else's Problem. They leave it for the locals to deal with.

[valerief]

2. Well, Kenyon erased, er, disposed of Katrina bodies to keep the

death count minimal. No reason why Cheney cronies wouldn't do the same overseas. And get paid big bucks for it.

[tech3149]

3. Welcone to DU

Someone posted last night about exposing the realities of war to potential recruits. Included in the post was a thumbnail picture of the bodies piled up on a street corner. From that picture and everything I've read, our military does nothing with them. The locals deal with them based on their knowledge of the victems or their effect on the community. If family or neighbors don't deal with the victem, they might remain for days until they can be taken to the morgue. We don't do any paperwork on locals that are killed and the Iraqi government, such that it is, is overwhelmed.

[Greyhound]

4. No, we learned our lesson in Vietnam, official body counts are bad publicity.

Just don't count them and then we can offer ridiculous low-ball "estimates" for consumption by the sheeple.

Hiding the reality of war is the number one priority. If people knew what it was really like, we'd never get to have another.