Summary
The debate, or rather the topic of criticism, had been simmering even before the first of the fallen heroes in their Flag Draped Coffins began to arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Dianne Feinstein, debating the resolution to authorize the use of force in Iraq, insulted Americans by her flat-out prediction that as the numbers of the fallen heroes rose the resolve of Americans would evaporate, and then pre- insulted the soon-to-come fallen heroes by referring to them in the crudest of terms as "body bags."See the full content of this document
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Our Honor, Our Grief
Since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, opponents of President Bush have used the deaths of soldiers as political fodder, excoriating him as an uncaring man for not attending their funerals and for keeping in place the policy of no media coverage during the transport of deceased military personnel...
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