Mary Tillman-"Attached Themselves To His Virture+Wiped Their Feet With Him

[kpete]

'They Tried to Attach Themselves to His Virtue; Then They Wiped Their Feet With Him.' - Mary Tillman
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2006-03-09 20:23. Media
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig

Mary Tillman has been a model of patience and fortitude as she doggedly pursues the facts concerning her son Pat's death in Afghanistan two years ago. In that spirit, she welcomed as positive the news that the Pentagonís inspector general has asked the Army to launch an investigation into whether criminal negligence was involved in the "friendly fire" incident that resulted in the death of her football-star son who turned soldier.

That request by the inspector general, made after a review of three previous investigations, implies a clear rebuke of the militaryís handling of this case to date. But as much as Mary Tillman and the rest of the Tillman family hope this new inquiry will clear up the glaring contradictions and mysterious discrepancies of the previous accounts, she knows it is not prudent to be overly optimistic.

That ís because, quite apart from what happened on that afternoon two years ago, there can now be little doubt that the Bush administration quickly and cynically moved to spin the story in ways that would serve its political purposes at the expense of the truth.

"The administration used Pat," Mary Tillman told me in a phone interview on Monday from San Jose. "They tried to attach themselves to his virtue and then they wiped their feet with him."

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/8739

[CottonBear]

1. Maybe Mrs Tillman should join forces with Cindy Sheehan. n/t

[stop the bleeding]

4. yep - that would but *'s base on their heads

she should

[genie_weenie]

2. Dalton Trumbo

"You can always hear the people who are willing to sacrifice somebody else's life. They're plenty loud and they talk all the time. You can find them in churches and schools and newspapers and legislatures and congress. That's their business. They sound wonderful. Death before dishonor. This ground sanctified by blood. These men who died so gloriously.

They shall not have died in vain. Our noble dead.

Hmmmm.

But what do the dead say?

Nobody but the dead know whether all these things people talk about are worth dying for or not. And the dead can't talk. So the words about noble deaths and sacred blood and honor and such are all put into dead lips by grave robbers and fakes who have no right to speak for the dead."

Johnny Got His Gun Dalton Trumbo

[valerief]

7. Cahreepy movie

[genie_weenie]

9. It's a pity the movie has not been released on a Region1 DVD

It's only been released on a PAL 4 version, viewable in Australia and New Zealand.

[valerief]

11. Wouldn't want to dampen the morale of the soldiers fighting those

Eye-Rackies.

You're right. It is a shame.

[fishnfla]

3. Give.Them.Hell, Ma'am

That family was treated shamefully from the CiC on down. Heads should roll over this episode, but wont.

[roguevalley]

5. I feel so much for her and all the others. I hope they win.

[underpants]

6. Way to go Mrs.Tillman

WOw was her son a true bad ass or what?

:patriot:

[dogday]

8. Let's see these thugs shit on this Mother of a Dead Soldier

As a mom of a soldier over there right now, I hope this gets more press and coverage....

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10. Wish she would join forces with Cindy Sheehan

Thatís because, quite apart from what happened on that afternoon two years ago, there can now be little doubt that the Bush administration quickly and cynically moved to spin the story in ways that would serve its political purposes at the expense of the truth.

"The administration used Pat," Mary Tillman told me in a phone interview on Monday from San Jose. "They tried to attach themselves to his virtue and then they wiped their feet with him."

But over the past two years, she has been fed so many lies by this administration that she now confidently accuses it of something much more sinister than simple incompetence.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. Jessica Lynch, Pat Tillman -- it's a pattern.

They don't even seem to care that their credibility will be trashed once the truth comes out. It's very short-termed thinking.