Eric the Red Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Nebraska StatePaper.Com NewsUpdate December 09, 2004 Hello -- Why does the Pentagon do it? After being confronted by the family of fallen Army Ranger Pat Tillman, the Pentagon admitted that it lied about his death. Tillman rightly made headlines when he turned his back on an NFL contract worth millions of dollars to join the Army after the 9/11 attacks. Tillman was killed in April by fellow Rangers in a tragic "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan. He sacrificed his life in the service of his country. That wasn't enough for the Army. It put out a phony story, saying he died in a firefight with the enemy, courageously leading fellow Rangers. Tillman was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Has this begun to sound like trading on a soldier's death for public relations and recruiting purposes? Nothing can diminish Tillman's genuine heroism. The Army's cynical misrepresentation of his death insulted his memory and his family and others who serve in uniform. The Army has a long, dishonorable history of such stuff. Do you remember the young woman from West Virginia who was captured in Iraq when her Army unit came under attack? The Army announced she went down firing her M-16 until she was wounded, etc., and that she was abused in captivity. That brave young woman would have none of it. She promptly announced the Army had made up the story. She said her M-16 jammed, that her captors did not abuse her, and that the Army lied about the particulars of her rescue. That the Pentagon dishonors the service of such honorable men and women is a shame. Quote Link to comment
slacker Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Man Eric, I expected to see more response on this one. When I read this thread the first thing that popped into my mind was did the government lie or did they just not know what the H_L_ they were talking about. If the government operates anything like the company I work for, I could see them misstating the facts with total belief and then trying to cover their screw-up after the truth comes to be known. Quote Link to comment
slacker Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Off topic, but kinda on. This movie makes ya think... what do they and what don't they tells us... Commercial: ...is brought to you by Soylent red and Soylent yellow, high energy vegetable concentrates, and new, delicious, Soylent green. The miracle food of high-energy plankton gathered from the oceans of the world. And at the end of the movie... It's people. Soylent green is made out of people! They're making our food out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them! If you don't know what I am talking about, never mind....... Quote Link to comment
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