Was Pat Tillman the Barry Bonds of the US military?

Question

Although I do mourn and honor the death of any fallen soldier but in the case Pat Tillman was more of a hot dog and a very ignorrant one at that for leaving behind a multi-million dollar football career and get involved in something that he had very little or mostly no knowledge or experience of but that is his misfortune that unfortunately he will not live to regret.
It is one thing to go thru basic training or boot camp and learn the does & don'ts but actually living,life as an American soldier 24/7 is a whole different ballgame.
Speaking of ballgames,I blame the media for making such a big deal out of Tillman's death and it really urks me because out of all of the men & women in our military who served,gave life & limb and has died for this country why is Tillman's death the only one that is so damn worthy of recognition above all other fallen heros?
This Tillman's death is just like the Barry Bonds story covered by the media where Barry Bonds is being put above his team mates

Like I sad before,Pat Tillman wasn't the first nor will he be the last who has mistakenly or dilberately been killed by his own outfit and I believe that the military tried to cover this up because of the mass media attention he would recieve as it is now.
Pat Tillman got media attention when he enlisted & left his NFL career,which was stupid, and even after his death he is still getting the attention,Pat Tillman is not a fallen hero,Pat Tillman is another dead celebrity.
Bottom line is,the military needs real good soldiers,not celebrities who can't or refuse to keep their mouth shut and can't or refuse to follow orders.

To the forst answer :
I asked a question along with my opinion and all you can do is sit there and criticize me over a word I mispelled,wake up and get with the program and now onto my second answer I got I am afraid that it is you who does not understand the question nor the point that I made here.

Answer 1

he was honourable man don't spoil memory of him

Answer 2

there was something wrong mentally with Pat Tillman.
to give up a million dollar contract is not the sign of a hero , but a sociopath. he ehibits all the classic sign. he could have done more good for the war effort influencing children by being a football hero, than by being a soldier picking off Iraqis one at a time. He was probably so obnoxious, such a complete and utter asshole to his fellow soldiers that they had had enough and killed him. I truly believe this is what happened. It was not right to kill him, but I can see why they would want to if they were so aggravated and in fear that instead of acting as a soldier and being part of the team he was a quarterback following his own plays. thinking he could single handedly win the war.

Answer 3

Well, he's not the first NFL player to 1) trade his cleat for combat boots and 2) lose his life in combat:

1) 1 LT Bob Kalsu (US Army) (Starting Guard for the Buffalo BIlls) was killed in Vietnam while serving as an artillery officer at FIrebase Ripcord on July 21, 1970.

2) Major (USAF) Don Steinbrunner (Offensive tackle for the 1953 Cleveland Browns) was killed when the plane he was aboard in as a navigator was shot down over Vietnam on July 20th, 1967.

Also, Pittsburg Steeler runnign back Rocky Bleier was wounded in Vietnam after a grenade exploded near his legs; despite the wounds, he recovered to help the Steelers win Super Bowl XIII.

My question is, what makes Pat Tillman's death (though tragic) so much important and more news worthy than the deaths of Bob Kalsu and Don Steinbrunner?

As with anyone joining the military; you join knowing that sooner or later, you will have to go to war and perhaps be wounded or killed in combat; by enemy action or fractricide; it is an occupational hazard that comes with the job.

I don't want to sound like I am berating against the TIllman's loss of their son and that perhaps, it was due to negligence, but why is this getting so much covereage in the news, while there are other soldiers that, like Tillman, have lost their lives and their limbs in combat, and yet, nobody gives a rat's caboose about?

He was a soldier; soldiers die in war; is a given, deal with it!

Answer 4

Pat Tillman gave up a lucrative career in football to pursue what most Americans would call patriotism. You are right about the media keeping his death in the news but that is because the military screwed up. The retired three star general who kept from Tillman's family that he had been killed by friendly fire now faces a penalty of losing a star and a $1,000 a month from his pension for his cover up. It is unfortunate that the media does play up to celebrities, but it has always been. When Elvis Presley went into the Army, that's all we heard about for months. Please don't ever compare a Baseball cheater to someone who gave up millions of dollars to do his part for his country!

Answer 5

Pat Tillmans death was noticable because the GOVERNMENT, not the media, made a big deal about the fallen hero who was killed by enemy fire, and then it turned out to be a "friendly fire" incident that the government then turned around and tried to cover up.
Pat Tillman "ignorrantly" (use spell-check,please) gave up his career because he thought it was right to serve his country in a time of war. Comparing him to a steroid guzzling bozo like Barry Bonds is ridiculous.

Answer 6

Pat Tillman was a fine American, a fine Soldier and a fine Ranger. Please do not besmirch his honor.

Monday morning quarterbacks and conspiratists continually accuse the US military of being complacent and derelict in preventing Friendly Fire Incidents.

In my latest article, "The Fog of War" I take you on a realistic but hypothetical mission in Afghanistan. Will you make the right call? Can you decide in the split second whether to kill an enemy about to kill you or your teammates?

Can you choose correctly and quickly enough to kill the enemy and spare your colleagues?


War on Terror Blog, http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DfkctJU7dK5B7LcNROoyVQ--?cq=1

No politics. Just the groundtruth from a combat veteran that has been to both fronts in the War on Terror, backed up with independent research and historical study.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Twice you called the man "stupid" for for doing something that he thought to be, at the time, honorable, rather than going after a career that would bring him tons of money. All that money, what more should an American ask for, or want, or seek, or dream of, because really that's all that matters, right?

Answer 9

it was the cover-up. i didnt serve in the military, but had alot of friends who went to vietnam, and some of the stories i heard would make you sick. we dont hear what really happens. our government tells us what they want us to hear, not the truth. pat tillmans demise is more common than you think.

Answer 10

Pat Tillman died for his own glory.

Answer 11

I had a daughter in the Army, I have question this question about our troops so many times, my heart hurts for all who have lost their lives and to those who lost limbs.
Now the Bonds story,...I just do not know....... but understand what you are asking.