Nancy A. Youseff, Daily Beast: Sgt. McBride Wasn’t Supposed to Come Home Like This
Six distraught American families will spend this Christmas in misery thanks to a war that was supposed to be over.
NEW CASTLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Delaware — The six U.S. troops killed this week first appeared amid bright lights and a dusky sky. Their bodies rested in a C-17 aircraft that transported them here, illuminated in the sunset by the lights of the plane, its ramp open for the country to see. It was dark, and rain coated the tarmac—a fitting scene for the somber military ceremony known as the “dignified transfer,” marking a fallen service member’s return home.
The transfer of fallen troops back onto home soil is a solemn moment that has been repeated for decades. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 2,400 transfers happened between 2009 and 2014.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 24, 2015
Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan Echoes the 30 Years’ War -- Mark Thompson, Time
Syria's Stalingrad -- Thanassis Cambanis, Foreign Policy
Will the next US president scrap the Iran deal? -- Barbara Slavin, Al-Monitor
Congress and Obama Agree on Something: Iran Should Pay Victims -- Josh Rogin, Bloomberg
Don't Be Complacent About China! -- Linda Jakobson, The Strategist
The Seven Deadly Sins of Russia Analysis -- Michael Kofman, War On The Rocks
Fallout for Europe may be greater if Britain stays in the EU -- John Lloyd, Reuters
Poland’s constitutional crisis goes international -- Jan Cienski, Politico
The Over-The-Hill-Mob: Inside England’s Biggest Jewel Heist -- Nico Hines, Daily Beast
How China’s Meltdown Spooked Global Markets -- Wayne Arnold, Barron's
2016 oil outlook: will an equilibrium price be found? -- Yahoo
When Santa Was a Bank -- Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg
The Year Christmas Died -- Daniel Henninger, WSJ
Jesus’s birthplace is hit by a spate of burglaries -- The Economist
This Christmas brings a full moon for first time since 1977 -- Stav Ziv, Newsweek
Remember what's important on this night -- John Kass, Chicago Tribune
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During the early years of Operation Iraqi Freedom, these dignified transfers were not allowed to be photographed.
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