Dammmmmmmmn.
"The truth, though, was that Tillman had been killed by three bullets to the forehead fired by American soldiers in a friendly fire accident, and Army officials knew it immediately. Officers on the scene knew it, which may be why they ordered that Tillman's body armor and uniform be burned. Abizaid knew it when he made those comments to the press a week after Tillman's death. The officers who drafted the false Silver Star citation knew it, too.
The truth, or at least some version of it, finally began to emerge on May 28, 2004. It's unlikely the concession came voluntarily, given the elaborate lies the Army had spread earlier. Army officials probably realized that the jig was up, that too many people knew the facts. Tillman's brother, for example, had been nearby when Tillman died, although he, too, had been lied to about what happened."
I can't believe they're still investigating this. At first it was enemy fire, then it could have been homocide by friendly fire, now it's through friendly fire that he died. But the biggest thing isn't even that the stories were made up in the beginning, it's why were they in the first place, and how could officers who take honor codes as a foundation to being a cadet pull something like this off and why? And they're not gonna stop there. They're now going to investigate the negligence that led to his death and why the public was so misled. I don't know what I'd be thinking if I was part of his family through all of this, but I'm sure I would just want an end to it either way.
The truth, or at least some version of it, finally began to emerge on May 28, 2004. It's unlikely the concession came voluntarily, given the elaborate lies the Army had spread earlier. Army officials probably realized that the jig was up, that too many people knew the facts. Tillman's brother, for example, had been nearby when Tillman died, although he, too, had been lied to about what happened."
I can't believe they're still investigating this. At first it was enemy fire, then it could have been homocide by friendly fire, now it's through friendly fire that he died. But the biggest thing isn't even that the stories were made up in the beginning, it's why were they in the first place, and how could officers who take honor codes as a foundation to being a cadet pull something like this off and why? And they're not gonna stop there. They're now going to investigate the negligence that led to his death and why the public was so misled. I don't know what I'd be thinking if I was part of his family through all of this, but I'm sure I would just want an end to it either way.