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I'm heading out to the Pat Tillman 4.2 Mile Run in Tempe, AZ this Saturday.
I've been doing some research on the life of Pat Tillman, as well as all the controversy that happened after his death.
We all know that 'They' lied to the public about what really happened to Tillman, early on.
From, Pat Tillman, Our Hero...
"Her contempt was directed at a September 25 San Francisco Chronicle story reporting that former NFL star and Army Ranger war hero Pat Tillman, who was killed in Afghanistan last year, believed the US war on Iraq was "f***ing illegal" and counted Noam Chomsky among his favorite authors. It must have been quite a moment for Coulter, who upon Tillman's death described him in her inimitably creepy fashion as "an American original--virtuous, pure and masculine like only an American male can be." She tried to discredit the story as San Francisco agitprop, but this approach ran into a slight problem: The article's source was Pat Tillman's mother, Mary."
AND
"The very private Tillmans have revealed a picture of Pat profoundly at odds with the GI Joe image created by Pentagon spinmeisters and their media stenographers. As the Chronicle put it, family and friends are now unveiling "a side of Pat Tillman not widely known--a fiercely independent thinker who enlisted, fought and died in service to his country yet was critical of President Bush and opposed the war in Iraq, where he served a tour of duty. He was an avid reader whose interests ranged from history books...to works of leftist Noam Chomsky, a favorite author." Tillman had very unembedded feelings about the Iraq War. His close friend Army Spec. Russell Baer remembered, "I can see it like a movie screen. We were outside of [an Iraqi city] watching as bombs were dropping on the town.... We were talking. And Pat said, 'You know, this war is so f***ing illegal.' And we all said, 'Yeah.' That's who he was. He totally was against Bush." With these revelations, Pat Tillman the PR icon joins WMD and Al Qaeda connections on the heap of lies used to sell the Iraq War."
So, Tillman apparently was anti-war, anti-Bush, even though he had initially been inspired to serve his country after 9/11.
The question would become: Would anyone want him dead ('Them') before he could really make make some noise?
Regardless of what Tillmans beliefs were about the war or what really happened to him, nothing can change the fact that he is an inspiration to millions concerning the application of committment, dedication, taking a stand, and staking your life on what you believe.
What do you think?
I've been doing some research on the life of Pat Tillman, as well as all the controversy that happened after his death.
We all know that 'They' lied to the public about what really happened to Tillman, early on.
From, Pat Tillman, Our Hero...
"Her contempt was directed at a September 25 San Francisco Chronicle story reporting that former NFL star and Army Ranger war hero Pat Tillman, who was killed in Afghanistan last year, believed the US war on Iraq was "f***ing illegal" and counted Noam Chomsky among his favorite authors. It must have been quite a moment for Coulter, who upon Tillman's death described him in her inimitably creepy fashion as "an American original--virtuous, pure and masculine like only an American male can be." She tried to discredit the story as San Francisco agitprop, but this approach ran into a slight problem: The article's source was Pat Tillman's mother, Mary."
AND
"The very private Tillmans have revealed a picture of Pat profoundly at odds with the GI Joe image created by Pentagon spinmeisters and their media stenographers. As the Chronicle put it, family and friends are now unveiling "a side of Pat Tillman not widely known--a fiercely independent thinker who enlisted, fought and died in service to his country yet was critical of President Bush and opposed the war in Iraq, where he served a tour of duty. He was an avid reader whose interests ranged from history books...to works of leftist Noam Chomsky, a favorite author." Tillman had very unembedded feelings about the Iraq War. His close friend Army Spec. Russell Baer remembered, "I can see it like a movie screen. We were outside of [an Iraqi city] watching as bombs were dropping on the town.... We were talking. And Pat said, 'You know, this war is so f***ing illegal.' And we all said, 'Yeah.' That's who he was. He totally was against Bush." With these revelations, Pat Tillman the PR icon joins WMD and Al Qaeda connections on the heap of lies used to sell the Iraq War."
So, Tillman apparently was anti-war, anti-Bush, even though he had initially been inspired to serve his country after 9/11.
The question would become: Would anyone want him dead ('Them') before he could really make make some noise?
Regardless of what Tillmans beliefs were about the war or what really happened to him, nothing can change the fact that he is an inspiration to millions concerning the application of committment, dedication, taking a stand, and staking your life on what you believe.
What do you think?