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02/22/2004 Archived Entry: "Breslin."
Breslin.
Note to every reporter and journalist not named Jimmy Breslin:
This is how it's done.
She didn't know his name. It was on a tag someplace and it had already been logged in. They did that the moment they brought the dead soldier off the plane from Iraq and into the morgue at Dover Air Force Base. The body had to pass through a metal detector in case there was some ordnance still there.He had been taken right from the dirt of Iraq and flown here.
Now, he was on a gurney that was brought right up to her in the forensic dental department. The gurney was up to her waist. She looked down.
He had no head. Oh, there was part of his head still there, on the left side. Just a part. No more.
The left eye was there, wide open. The startled left eye.
"It was looking out as if to say, 'What happened?'" she was saying yesterday. "I don't think he believed that he was dead."
Give that man a Pulitzer.
Replies: 5 people speak up
I love that guy. I can honestly say that I have cried after reading some of his stuff. I'll read this whole column and I'm sure it will happen again.
Thanks!
Posted by Hillary Pelosi @ 02/23/2004 07:03 AM NY
The administration has tried to censor their unjust war by prohibiting the media from covering, filming, or otherwise mentioning (except in passing) the heroes that gave their ultimate sacrifice. This should be posted on every public building so the American people can read for themselves excatly what our esteemed leaders has gotten ourselves into.
Posted by Barry Ingram @ 02/23/2004 10:57 AM NY
Damn Bush to hell
Posted by Mike @ 02/23/2004 02:59 PM NY
I am in a unique position to comment on this, being employed by the army, and having listened to General Ursone speak about the honor he had of being in dover to "welcome our fallen heroes home". He also mentioned how every American should be proud. There was a PFC in the audience of whom I am extremely proud. At the end of the BG's speech, during the QA period, he asked: how were ordinary American's supposed to welcome home our fallen soldier's when Bush has prohibited the press from being there.
There was also a SGM, who shall remain namless, who took the opportunity today to express her disdain for the chickenhawks in congress by stating (and I'm only partly paraphrasing here): And on Wednesday, I am going before Congress to explain these issues (referring to the second class treatment of reserve/nation guard troops by active duty troops while activated and in theatre) and I don't expect them to understand, as most of them were too chickenshit (exact quote there) to stand up and defend their country.
This received a large round of hoo-ahs from the mostly Officer audience.
Seems to be dissention in the ranks, and nothing makes me prouder.
Posted by djdissent @ 02/23/2004 10:33 PM NY
I have read several articles by Mr. Breslin, and if he does'nt get the noble peace prize, then no on should.
I served in the marines, and the army, and am very proud of all my fellow soldiers who have served and died.
It is such a shame we have a non elected president that does'nt feel that way. He send's them to die for himself and his cronies so they can get rich, and then has the ball's to cut their benefit's, and make them pay their own way home.
Folk's, all I can say is that this joke and all his buddies have got to go. Give me Edward's, and Gen. Clark, and say good bye to those who need thrown out of office.And then proceed with criminal charge's from the top down.
Thank You
Don
Posted by Don Harrilla @ 02/24/2004 12:15 PM NY
