Pat Tillman

The death of Pat Tillman, who abandoned a lucrative football career to enlist in the army, caused a national controversy that undermined the military's credibility. The army originally reported that Tillman died at the hands of Afghan militants, but 5 weeks later, his family was told their son was accidentally killed by US forces. To some, Pat Tillman symbolizes heroic sacrifice for our country, but to others the questionable circumstance surrounding his death raises serious questions about the army's lack of accountability for the Iraq and Afghanistan operations.

Pat Tillman's Not the First Nor the Last

griper blade - To a certain degree, it's hard to understand why anyone would expect all soldiers to behave honorably. We take them from home and drop them down in a foreign culture. We tell them that what is a crime at home is their job here, that doing evil is good, that hate overrides love. Anyone who comes out of that with their head still screwed on straight is admirable, at the very least. Sending people from home to bass-ackward moral reasoning-land and back home again would be damned confusing. Actions that make you a hero on the battlefield make you a criminal in Boise or Cedar Rapids or Los Angeles. It's hard to imagine that people in war aren't all...

The Complex Life and Death of Pat Tillman.

free students - Sometimes people say that after someone was born that the mold was broken. And broken molds are what comes to mind as I try to grapple with the issues surrounding the killing of Pat Tillman. In Tillman’s case he was the one who broke the mold. Everything I learn about him defies conventional stereotypes. First, here was a man who was a football star. The stereotype for that is a dumb jock. But Tillman was nobody’s fool. He read widely and was interested in the world of ideas. He had an academic grade point average of just under 4.0 -- almost perfect. He also challenged others about negative attitudes toward gay people. Again, not the...

1.13.08

06:06 PM -

Murder? You're murdering logic!

endless - Tillman was not murdered! Quit it with the conspiracy theories. The guy was in the heat of battle, and as happens in all wars, he was a victim of friendly fire. It is always a tragedy, just as it has been in every war. But don't trivialize his death with kookie conspiracy theories.

1.11.08

04:00 PM -

And the goverment had the motive

yeskey - Tillman was a poster boy for the Bush administration. In fact, Bush even mentioned him as a "hero" at the state of the union address. When Tillman got there he started speaking vocally against the war. He had contact a veterans against war organization and was even slated to talk to Noam Chompsky when he got back to the states. I mean, the military killing Tillman is not far fetched at all.

03:52 PM -

This guy was murdered

elbie - Tillman was shot in the leg, hand, and chest. This happened BEFORE he took 3 rounds to the forehead from an American rifle at 10 yards. THEN, his body armor and uniform were burned by the men in his unit - i mean, honestly.

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