Hinderaker sums up the Pat Tillman story with one succinct and stupid-beyond-measure headline: Some Cover-up!
He then goes into such detailed and fine stupidity that the following paragraph should come with a warning label:
There is no question that the initial misreporting of the circumstances of Tillman's death was stupid and improper. The claim of a government conspiracy to cover up the facts, however, is ludicrous. If you read the fine print in the article linked above, you find that Tillman died on April 22, 2004. His family was told that the cause was friendly fire on May 29, 2004, barely a month later. The same day, the Army publicly announced that friendly fire was the apparent cause.
Holy crap, that's mindwrecking. "If you read the fine print" you'll find out... WTF? Oh my god, I don't even know how to start. Hinderaker read the fine print and found out that Pat Tillman was killed on April 22, 2004. Good job, John! Comprehension skills extraordinaire! Then he reads even deeper into the fine print and finds that his family was told "barely a month later!" - five weeks, but what the heck, right? it's just a dead guy - the true cause of Tillman's death. And - proof that there was no cover-up - the Army publicly announced that friendly fire was the apparent cause the same day.
Oh. Good. God. In. Tights.
I can't. I can't go on.
2 comments:
How petty and small-minded! Embellishment of heroic war stories in order to inspire people is an ancient literary tradition going back to Homer's day, if not earlier. One is not supposed to take them literally. Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman represent photogenic archetypes of our brave fighting men and women. While the stories told about them may not be literally true, they portray a larger "big picture" truth, which is entirely valid. Reasonable people understand this. If Waxman and company think they can make hay out of this to advance their nefarious schemes, they will be sorely disappointed.
Well, anonymous, thanks. We now now the truth is a distraction, especially to family members, and to Army Rangers in the field who were told to lie.
Thanks, really, or your courageous, and anonymous, stand.
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