Marie Tillman, widow of former NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, stepped forward for the first time since her husband was killed by friendly fire. (Mike Wintroath / Associated Press)
Posted on 08/23/2007 5:08:24 AM PDT by radar101
Pat Tillman is a true American patriot and hero.
However, if any of the Army leadership decided to give Pat a silver star KNOWING that he was actually killed by friendly fire and covering it up - they should be busted to privates and dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army.
May God bless Pat Tillman.
Let's see how grateful you are if you are given false reports about your spouse's death.
It doesn't matter how he got killed? I daresay that if it were my wife or son or daughter that had been killed it would matter a great deal to me how it happened.
Believe it or not this administration doesn't handle everything correctly.
Are you reading the tripe you are writing?
The military was right the first time? You do realize don't you that the military said Pat was killed by hostiles the first time, right?
I love the cavalier attitude toward Tillman's widow being shown by people on this thread.
Your two FR posts thusfar make me pretty sure you're a troll.
I meant that he died a hero. Doesn’t matter if it’s friendly fire or enemy. Pat Tillman WAS a hero either way. While I regret the attempt to whitewash the event, he still died a hero and should be remembered as such.
blancadebree
Since Aug 20, 2007
Welcome to FR.
I admire Tillman for what he did and am humbled by his sacrifice... but his activist left-wing family has done nothing but work tirelessly to undermine this fight and I’ve had it up to my eyeballs with the whole damn lot of them. There are 3,000+ other families who also paid the ultimate price in this war. Maybe we could hear from them, too, every once in a while.
“She needs to let it go and move on with her life.”
Easy for you to say.
Hey, I’ve lost loved ones.........she is not unique in that experience.
Baloney. He was no more a hero than anyone else who volunteers to serve his/her country and pays the ultimate price. I just don't buy the proposition that anyone who foresakes a "lucrative way of life" to serve their country deserves any more credit than the kid getting out of high school and joins the military. It demeans the military and service to the country. If anything, it is those who enjoy a "lucrative way of life" who have benefitted the most from living in this country. They should feel a greater sense of obligation.
It is an honor for an individual to serve in the military rather than something the individual confers on the military. The very fact that Pat Tilman's service is considered noteworthy demonstrates how screwed up this country's values have become. Sadly, he is an exception, not the rule.
Stupidest comment I've read on FR in a long time.
IN POLITICS, Timing is everything. The timing of this complaint becoming a media topic causes the “rightness” of their complaint to be obscured by the manner in which it is being employed.
If this were not an attack on the White House she would not be welcome to speak on any college campus.
Amen.
Didn't mean to attack you personally.
Marie Tillman, widow of former NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, stepped forward for the first time since her husband was killed by friendly fire. (Mike Wintroath / Associated Press)
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