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Friday, November 28, 2003

This Will Teach Me To Move A Little Slower

Recently I wrote a post about Howard Dean's brother receiving military honors that he did not receive. While he still received those honors which he still has not earned, it turns out that the honor guard was present with the remains for a reason:

Though Charlie Dean and his friend were civilians, they were given military honors, officials said, on the chance that the remains include those of service members missing in the Vietnam War.

"We don't know who we have until the lab says who we have," said Lt. Col. Gerald O'Hara, a spokesman for the Joint P.O.W./M.I.A. Accounting Command, which runs the international recovery missions and the forensic laboratory here. "Ninety-eight percent of the missing from this war were service members. We're treating everyone as if they could be a service member."


I feel bad for jumping to a conclusion before taking the time to learn the entire story. While I still find it suspicious that the identification of these particular remains are being "fast tracked," as stated in the article I previously quoted from, it is clear that something is going on here that is not being reported. I would like to make clear that at this time I do not feel that Howard Dean had anything to do with the way his brother's remains were handled. I am also going to refrain from further comment about this topic until more information arises.

Its not easy for me to admit a mistake, but when I make one I want it known that I will admit to it and take full responsibility.

Comments

Avatar for Chris Arabia

Be careful and sparing in apologizing to hard leftists--your handling of this was admirable, but see where it gets you--e.g. in this case, I’d say just acknowledge the new reports and mention that they answer the questions that you raised. 

Remember: they hate you, so your apology means very little to them.  They are looking for anything they can use to demonize you and will ignore your sincerity and also ignore your good works.  Their interest in the truth is minimal whenever and wherever the truth conflicts with their dream.  You could be right 999 times and mistaken once, and they will constantly harp on the one no matter how contrite you are.

Chris Arabia on November 29, 2003 at 07:11 am
Avatar for Eric

I suppose, when it comes to honoring our fallen servicemen, it is far better to err on the side of giving them more than less...I would hate to think of a serviceman returning home and not being given honors...and if some civilian’s remains are thrown in the mix too, far better to err on the side of giving honors, than to find out later that it was just a civilian’s remains…

Eric on November 30, 2003 at 04:12 am
Avatar for lizm

This liberal finds you much more appealing for having the guts to apologize.

Sorry to disappoint you “Chris” but having the guts to admit a mistake is never wrong, it is always admirable.

lizm on December 23, 2003 at 05:12 pm
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