Comments on: Officers To Be Blamed For Tillman Coverup

CBS: Pentagon To Point Finger At 9 Officers In Fallout From NFL Star's Friendly Fire Death

[greenback01]

A special tribute to Pat Tillman is featured in this new film

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Tillman was a hero and the truth, something he understood that America stood for, it needs to come out.

[greenback01]

Pat Tillman's story is featured in this brand new video

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He was true hero.

[king77shaw]

first off, I feel badly for the Tillman family ... secondly, how much longer can America bear the culture of lies and deceipt that permeates top-down from the Bush administration through our once-valued instituitions ? All in the name of the great conservative power grab ... In six short years we have gone from the most revered nation on Earth to it's most hated ... Why ?

[torocaca]

"Tillman was more special. He gave up a million dollar dream job to go fight for his country when so many did not, because he believed in this country." Posted by Petesis

How insensitive and insulting to the parents and loved ones of all those other men and women who were killed or maimed in this ugly war.

Obviously you have never served your country in the military.

All of the military members serving now and in the past have given up something to serve their country. It doesn't matter if it was a "million dollar dream job" or a job at McDonalds, or a career in business. It was sacrificed in order to do what they felt they had to do, or wanted to do.

In my mind, all of the men and women who are serving their country in this time of incompetent leadership are heros. And all of the men and women who died in this war are "special." The ones who might be "more special" are those who died while trying to save their comrades.

[jerr11]

The blame game continues.

In this adminstration the buck stops everywhere except at the President's desk.

[barbaraf4]

I am convinced that any cover-up that happened has the stamp of approval (maybe even a direct order) from Elmer Fud Rove and Darth Vader Chaney. These are the two forces to be reckoned with in this administration - Bush is just a puppet.

[karlimhof]

Tillman's death is a tragedy, as are all others in these fiascos, but he wanted to be a "hero."

He got his wish.
Posted by tuckerndfw


Killed by friendly fire, but that wasn't the story our officials wanted - no, the wanted something else. Something we all could believe in; a war of principles, lives sacrificed for those principles, a just war -

and what we have in reality? A war based on lies and misrepresentations, a war of intervention invented by a US administration who has misused our countries most valuable treasures; its citizens and their trust.

My condolences to go to his family and all the other families in America and Iraq.

[antoniof123]

God this is sad I mean friendly fire and they have to lie even about that this is by far the worst administration I have ever seen and I have seen a lot in my years. From Truman to now this is the worst. Corruption can only exist at the lower levels if it is tollarted at the upper levels.

[barbaraf4]

The problem with this war - as in every civil war the US has gotten into (Vietnam, Korea, Somolia to name a few), is that we are trying to accomplish something that the Iraqi citizens were unwilling or unable to do for themselves.

If life under Sadam was so bad (and we know it was bad), why didn't the people of Iraq rise up and over-throw him? Sure, there would have been death and injuries, but that's what they have now anyway. If we simply had to be involved in this, why didn't we send in some deep-cover CIA operatives to engineer it? Don't tell me we have never done that, how do you think Sadam got into power in the first place? Why didn't the Iraq ex-pats go back and help their countrymen? Why didn't Rumsfeld study the tribal alignments and enlist the help of the tribal elders?

Why is Bush still in office?

[fleshmonger1]

it is the behavior of those in leadership positions that make something as decent, correct, and laudable as patriotism, nothing more than the mark of a true chump. In the end, we get the leadership that we as citizens are willing to settle for...

[tuckerndfw]

Actually, the real story is not Tillman.

The real story is the revelation that General Officers (and high ranking subordinates) are liars.

And, these are the same people Americans rely upon to "asesss the situation" and provide us with information so we can make informed decisions about "supporting the troops."

Since that information is coming from liars, we have no choice other than to withdraw our support. We cannot continue supporting liars or their lying "commander in chief."

Continuing to fund or support these known liars is not "supporting our troops," that is "stupidity."

Tillman's death is a tragedy, as are all others in these fiascos, but he wanted to be a "hero."

He got his wish.

[mgpm-2009]

This story really makes me angry. This man, like all the others, believes in America, and protecting her, is willing to give up everything he has, to protect her. And he is betrayed. Betrayed by his president and his cronies, lied to, decieved. He gave up his charmed life and what did his government do? They used him up in a useless war. They lied about his death, for their own glorification...until they could no longer do so. Every time I hear about a death or a vet who can't get care, I feel angry.

I can't believe Bush is stil our president.

[gthog61]

He died in 2004. That is almost 3 years, not 4. If seeBS can't get a simple obvious fact correct how are we to trust them as a source for nonobvious facts? Maybe in fantasy liberal math 35 months is almost 4 years - whatever helps the story!

I believe the South ought to try seceding again. Democrats would be ready to cut and tun within a few weeks. The Democrats sure are scared that the surge would work, gotta stop it NOW. I believe it is pathetic that a political party has so much invested in our defeat.

[themooniac]

Above everything else, Pat Tillman is still an American hero PERIOD.

[greco99-2009]

Also, there have been few investigations with regard to other scandals like Abu Graib, where all the blame was placed on low ranking soldiers.

I'd like to see a real investigation of that mess, and the higher level military officers and civilian adminstrators who are responsible (including Rumsfeld and Gonzalez) held accountable.

Events like Abu Graib greatly hurt America. It damages our credibility across the world. And, it directly harms our security interests.

[greco99-2009]

That Pat Tilman died from friendly fire is in itself a sad element of the war, but these things unfortunately do happen.

What is really inexcusable are the false stories and lack of investigation of the real events.

The military owes it to the troups and the American public to operate honestly. It used to be said that 'military intelligence' is an oxymoron; now 'military honesty' is today's oxymoron.

It hurts the military and American public greatly when there is such a culture of dishonesty and cover-up in the military.

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident.

However, it is good that there will be prosecutions. Like the administration the military should not be above the law.

Best wishes to the family of Pat Tilman.

[swwils]

Alright now that this is all out in the open lets bring forth all the soldiers that mysteriously died over there.I am positive this isn't an isolated event.All that died under these types of circumstance need to be remembered.

[bildooreilly]

Did the government kill Tillman just to use it as a recruiting event? They killed 3,000 americans on 9-11 just to start their bogus wars..... what's one more guy to hoodwink thousands more to go fight it for them....

[randalds]

They lied about his death until after the national memorial service for him because they wanted to hold his image up as a recruiting poster. In doing so they dishonored themselves, the Marine Corp and most of all him. Then again this administration has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that haven't the slightest shred of honor among them all. None.

[sainethepain]

I am really sorry for the Tillman famely. But I do wish that people could wear a hat that lloks half way goood. The hat these guys wear looks like Sh--