Patrick Peters, IMHO, Kevin is also a hero with thier Mom, Mary, right up there too.

As I read Kevin Tillman’s words once again, I am reminded and inspired by his
clarity, communication, and bravery to share such words.  Tragic, but wonderful
words-concepts-meaning.
Thank you Mr. Tillman. 
May your brother rest in peace.

Despite a contrived unemployment “crisis” which I believe is perpetuated to keep America’s youth flocking to the UNIFORM for lack of other viable options, it must soon, HOPEfully, become obvious to the majority of those affected that they are not enlisting in their country’s patriotic war on terror(or whatever the euphemism de jour is)but are volunteering in the cause of neo-liberal economic hegemony and forceful commandeering of the world’s critical resources as we have seen fit to squander ours in never ending quest for material nirvana. One just need look at the shameful treatment of returning vets(if they are permitted under “stop loss”) and the “sudden” discovery of mineral wealth in Afghanistan(to prop up sagging support?)to see that all of the RAH,RAH flag waving and “support the troops” BS is nothing but window dressing to disguise the greed of the corpoatocracy and it’s governmental subsidiary!

People need to stop calling this “friendly-fire” and call it what it really is; fratricide.

There was no way the crime bosses in the military/government could allow Pat Tillman to return home as a (now) anti-war “hero” so they exercised their only remaining option and killed him in a place that would allow them to construct a plausible lie.

This is in no way “friendly-fire” except in the sense that his executioner (most likely) spoke English.

America is a democracy is rapid decline! Few realize how fast the rest of the world is going to realize the fact that w/o outside sources proping up our deleted economy, the greenback is to become so devalued, marshall law itself is going to be in check! Those independent souls living in the mountians will ‘most likely’ be the last survivors in this ‘So-Called Democracy’.
Why did the milatary leave Iraq at night ahead of schedual?
There was no win in Iraq- we were handed our ass’es!

From what I’ve seen and read so far (Looking for an SF showing) I think Amir Bar-Lev’s film is the story Pat would want told in the way it should be told.

As for this essay - Kevin turns prose into poetry.

And Obambi, Harvard Law School Editor, immediately said ” to put the past behind us.” Until the US war criminals, going back to Brzezinski, are put on trial… the US justice system will be a mere charade. http://www.facebook.com/mike.roloff1?ref=name

Brilliant ...... a perfect description of our dysfunctional political system.

In his “The Fog of War” interview with Jason Guerrasio, Amir Bar-Lev, the director of “The Tillman Story,” said:  “… there’s been no culpability on the second half of this tragedy, which is the higher ups trying to cover it up. … to borrow a football metaphor, they [the Tillman family] ran the ball 99 yards over four years time, they handed it off at the one-yard line to Congress and they fumbled it….”

Shortly after Sundance, Bar-Lev emailed me that “he was pretty hard on the Democratic Congress in his film.”  True, his film does portray Congressman Waxman’s Oversight Committee as ineptly failing to get answers from the top military leadership during their hearing.

However, Bar-Lev’s film missed the ”untold story” that both the Democratic Congress and the Obama Presidency have intentionally protected General Stanley McChrystal from scrutiny and punishment for his central role in the cover-up of Pat Tillman’s friendly-fire death.  This cover-up was a thoroughly bi-partisan affair.  It wasn’t just a case of the Bush administration and the Army stonewalling the Democratic Congress.  Congress didn’t just “fumble” the ball, they threw the game.

Five years ago, Pat Tillman’s family were handed a tarnished Silver Star. It was a travesty of justice that President Obama and the Senate promoted General McChrystal to the Army’s highest rank, and handed him his fourth star.

It’s not surprising that after their initial cover-up of Pat Tillman’s friendly-fire death fell apart, Army officers and the Bush administration lied to protect their careers.  But after they took control of both Houses of Congress in 2006, the Democrats (including Congressman Waxman, Senator Levin, Senator Webb, and Senator McCain) could have gone after those responsible.  Or at least not promoted them twice!

Just before the 2006 mid-term elections, Kevin Tillman published his eloquent letter, “After Pat’s Birthday”.  Kevin had hoped a Democratic Congress would bring accountability back to our country.  But, just as with warrantless wiretapping and torture, those responsible for the cover-up of his brother’s friendly-fire death have never been held accountable for their actions.

Last week, I posted “The [Untold] Tillman Story” – President Obama and the Bi-Partisan Congressional Whitewash of General Stanley McChrystal’s Cover-up of Pat Tillman’s Friendly-Fire Death,  at http://www.feralfirefighter.blogspot.com and scribd.com

Some understood the empire and it’s insatiable appetite for power and control would not be placated until the irrational dreams of small minded men were some how satiated. Some did not. This is a game that is always being payed, it began a very long time ago when the idea, the lie, the noble lie was first used to control the minds of the collective society.

To expect outcomes other than what has transpired is naive. The legion has always been the legion, and the empire has always been the empire The warnings were there people chose to ignore them due to some misguided sense of morality or duty fabricated by the very same small minds that still lie every day to maintain there position of control.