Pat Tillman's brother accused the military Tuesday of "intentional falsehoods" and "deliberate and careful misrepresentations" in portraying the football star's death in Afghanistan as the result of heroic engagement with the enemy instead of friendly fire.
"We believe this narrative was intended to deceive the family but more importantly the American public," Kevin Tillman told a House Government Reform and Oversight Committee hearing. "Pat's death was clearly the result of fratricide," he said.
"Revealing that Pat's death was a fratricide would have been yet another political disaster in a month of political disasters ... so the truth needed to be suppressed," said Tillman, who was in a convoy behind his brother when the incident happened three years ago but didn't see it. This seems to be the "Bush" way and the "War supporters" way. The military should be ashamed!
2007-04-24 06:15:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Wow, Erudite, you are having a real troll-fest today.
Plagiarizing and altering copyrighted materials, lying in public, imagination run rampant to embarrass your imaginary nephew in the military -- you really are a piece of work, aren't you?
2007-04-24 09:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't think it will 'shame the United States in the eyes of the world." I think the military brass and political people who gave the media and more importantly his family, false information and knowing it was false, they should be ashamed of trying to cover up the truth. The man died a tragic and unfortunate death and his family deserved to know how he died whether it was by enemy action or by friendly fire.
2007-04-24 13:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by Steve S 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Look, nobody will care about how they use Tillman for their propaganda stuff, as they are much more important things that embarrass the US right now... Tillman was football player, and outside the US, american football is not really know... So Tillman is a nobody outside the US...
2007-04-24 13:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jedi squirrels 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I don't think the rest of the world cares, it is all propaganda and now you have the brave heroic woman who was cowering in a Hummer praying whilst the rest of the team was slaughtered.
Fratricide means brother killing brother, not "friendly fire"
2007-04-24 15:27:24 · answer #4 · answered by Murray H 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
this kind of thing is always done in war
its not surprising and not all that embarrassing (though getting caught lying is embarrassing because it shows incompetence)
Did you think that militaries always tell the truth in war? They all lie. They are safer under a fog than under a spotlight.
2007-04-24 13:56:00 · answer #5 · answered by anonacoup 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not to lessen the loss but in the way the government does things - this is pretty small - If I could only tell you about ......
"For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
- Unknown
2007-04-24 13:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by patrsup 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
YAWN, another bash at the military by a guy that couldn't pass the ASVAB
2007-04-24 16:25:46 · answer #7 · answered by George D 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You mean this could worse the bad looks of USA towards the world? It's impossible worse the worst
2007-04-24 13:25:24 · answer #8 · answered by Fred 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There are many terrible embarrassing incidents that shame the United States in the eyes of the world? #1 BUSH
2007-04-24 13:22:16 · answer #9 · answered by perrrfection 3 · 6⤊ 4⤋
Anybody can accuse anyone of anything. Like, say I can accuse you and Tillmans brother of liberal trash talkin. There see?
2007-04-24 14:39:02 · answer #10 · answered by SGT. D 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋