Ldotters on Tillman's death: "War is Hell."

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http://www.lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=215485

Reply 1 - Posted by: jeff100, 5/22/2005 11:12:38 PM

Meanwhile, all the parents who are NOT critical of the army were not available for comment.


Reply 2 - Posted by: sepcodale, 5/22/2005 11:15:08 PM

You Mean: Meanwhile, the parents of the soldiers that are still ALIVE are not available for comment


Reply 3 - Posted by: kiwi2, 5/22/2005 11:18:21 PM

And I'm sure the ENTIRE Tillman family is thrilled with this report...

...do I need a /sarcasm off for this post?


Reply 4 - Posted by: jeff100, 5/22/2005 11:22:41 PM

They are not mutually exclusive groups.


Reply 5 - Posted by: CEP, 5/22/2005 11:31:30 PM

I'm sorry for the Tillman family's loss but it seems that after the investigation, when the Army had all the facts, they told the family what happened. Why are they saying now that there was a cover up?


Reply 6 - Posted by: pithy_opiner, 5/22/2005 11:34:30 PM

First of all - its the WaPo...

Second - I agree w/ #1.....


Reply 8 - Posted by: romanesq, 5/23/2005 12:12:57 AM

I only wish I could show my love for country the way Pat Tillman did. Sadly, I can not match what he has done.


Reply 11 - Posted by: Hermoine, 5/23/2005 8:15:28 AM

This story is a little confusing b/c it says that once the Army did have the facts of Tillman's death. . .some 10 days later, and after the memorial service, they gave the information to his family and have continued to give them information as they receive it.

With all that said, I do think that those individuals, from the soldiers on the ground to the one star general who led the "investigation," should be punished if they were indeed conspiring to cover up what really happened.

Getting killed as a result of friendly fire is no less noble than getting killed as a result of enemy fire. . .war can be very confusing and tragedies like this can result. It doesn't take away one ounce from the bravery and courage demonstrated by Pat Tillman.


Reply 12 - Posted by: RKfree2b, 5/23/2005 9:41:19 AM

I've never been in war. My father was(WWII). Thousands of civilians were bombed and friendly troops were killed by bombs meant for the enemy. War is hell. It ate my Dad up that he sometimes bombed friendlies as well as civilians, due to bad intel, bad weather, inaccuracies of bombsights, proximity to intended target, etc. I repeat, war is hell. May Tillman's parents deal with their grief and anger without displacing it.