Another News Item -- Was RE: Breeding

[Doug Harris]

Absolutely correct. But the sentence implies the 600 have
none of the appendages mentioned.
And it would have been so easy to fix the sentence to say
what was actually meant.
(the other) doug


On the other hand, soldiers who have lost their arms and legs but retained
the use of their hands and feet could still be serviceable.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:38:35 -0400
>From: Doug Harris <cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET>
>Subject: Another News Item -- Was RE: Breeding
>
>Today's Washington Post (and other papers) carried an AP-bylined story with
the headline, in the WP, "Amputee Soldiers Returning To Active Duty." Down
in the story it was reported that:
>        "So far, the Army has treated nearly 600 service members who have
come back from Iraq or Afghanistan without an arm, leg, hand or foot."
>
>We can only hope that, regardless of what they might want, our government
is _not_ sending these quadruple amputees back to active duty.

>(the Other) doug

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