"WAR HERO" AND NFL STAR
Killing Their Own Poster Boy

From ZNet:

I want to know how the hate mongers and internet thugs feel now, knowing that they were duped about the real circumstances of Tillman's death. Yes, once again the American people discover they have been lied to. Lied to by the same people who told us that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9-11, and that the US occupation was 'liberating" the people of Iraq by bombing their country to pieces and stealing their oil.

I can also only wonder if those so protective of Pat Tillman's memory will exhibit a fraction of the bravery being shown by Pat's parents Patrick and Mary. The divorced couple has decided to go public with their fury at a government that profaned the body of their dead son.

Patrick and Mary now know that Pat did not die at the hands of the Taliban while charging up a hill, but was shot by his own troops in an instance of what they call 'fratricide.' Patrick and Mary now know that Tillman's men realized they had gunned him down 'within moments.' They know that the soldiers - in an effort to cover up the killing of the All American 'poster boy' - burned Tillman's uniform and body armor.

They know that over the next 10 days, top-ranking Army officials, including the all too appropriately titled 'theater commander,' Army Gen. John P. Abizaid, hid the truth of Tillman's death, while Pentagon script writers conjured a Hollywood ending.

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Yep, just as I thought, it's the Jessica Lynch show all over again. Only this time, the Pentagon was using a dead man, royally screwing over his family, as the star of their made-for-TV reality program. Obviously, this is extraordinarily offensive. But the real issue here is that the US is losing in both Afghanistan and Iraq: instead of bringing our troops home, out of harm's way, the Pentagon is clearly trying to keep important information about the war from the public; worse, they're simply making shit up in order to make it all seem better. I think it's safe to say at this point that nothing that the military says can be believed. They're fucking liars.

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