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Re:The Military is Leaving the Missing Behind by hartror on Saturday March 08, 2014 @11:51PM (#7367482)
It is part of the promise your country makes to you and your family as part of you going to war. You know if you are deployed and subsequently killed you know that your country will make every reasonable effort to return your remains to your loved ones.

Seems a minor cost compared to a life, or thousands of lives.

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Re:The Military is Leaving the Missing Behind by aaron695 on Sunday March 09, 2014 @01:13AM (#7367669)
Actually I would imagine anyone who is not dumb or suicidally depressed would prefer their country spent that money on themselves not dying.

So to me, letting soldiers/people die because resources are instead being spent on people who passed away 50 years ago is not a minor cost.

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Re:The Military is Leaving the Missing Behind by kiiski on Sunday March 09, 2014 @04:43AM (#7367909)
US military budget is, what, ~$700 billion? I don't think a $100 million is going to improve anyones odds of survival if spent on equipment/research/something else, but it can have a big effect on morale if the soldiers know they wont be just abandoned and forgotten if things go badly.
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