This is how we honor our fallen soldiers. We ship them as freight.

Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the American flag -- greeted by a color guard.

But in reality, many are arriving as freight on commercial airliners -- stuffed in the belly of a plane with suitcases and other cargo.

John Holley and his wife, Stacey, were stunned when they found out the body of their only child, Matthew John Holley, who died in Iraq last month, would be arriving at Lindbergh Field as freight.
Matthew was a medic with the 101st Airborne unit and died on Nov. 15.
"When someone dies in combat, they need to give them due respect they deserve for (the) sacrifice they made," said John Holley.

Veterans benefits being cut, money for G.I.'s not being sent out in a timely manner, multiple tours of duty, and now this. The Bush administration can pay lip service to honoring our military all day long but this better illustrates their real attitude toward out heroes.

So many lies, so little respect.