I was shocked and brought to tears when I saw flashed on a TV screen the news that one of the missing soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division who has been missing for almost two weeks may have been found dead, news now confirmed by the DoD. On every news channel, the reporters, like jackals, then went on to give details on the soldier that were so specific that any family member of that soldier watching the news would know immediately that it was their loved one that had been found. Imagine that you are a family member related to one of the soldiers who is missing in Iraq, and while watching the news a reporter breathlessly announces that they have "breaking news" about the missing soldiers with details that only you know about your son.  That is what happened today before the military could notify the family in a humane, dignified, and personal way that their son had sacrificed his life for us.One of the things that we learned decades ago was that hearing of the...(Read Full Post)