Pat Tillman's mother on Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I told you so OpEd LA Times

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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-tillman-mcchrystal-20100808,0,4079414.story


Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was forced to retire because of remarks he made to a Rolling Stone reporter. Having read the article that led to his departure, I feel strangely validated. "The Runaway General" described by journalist Michael Hastings is exactly the arrogant individual I believed him to be.
McChrystal says they didn't want to give us a half-baked finding. Yet that is exactly what they did. Rather than being told there were questions about Pat's death, we were presented with a contrived story, an absolute lie about how he had been killed by enemy fire.

What many people don't realize is that Pat's autopsy and field hospital report were very suspicious from the start. The autopsy gives a description of Pat's body that led us to later question if the autopsy was even his, and the field hospital report contains language that suggests he was alive when he was brought back to the field hospital at Forward Operating Base Salerno. Yet soldiers' statements indicated Pat was decapitated by the barrage of bullets, and he was deemed killed in action by the medic on the scene. These horrifying discrepancies raised dire questions. Even the medical examiner called for a criminal investigation, but the adjutant general prevented it from going forward. By covering up the circumstances of Pat's death, McChrystal and the rest of the chain of command may have, knowingly or unknowingly, covered up a crime.

Pat's story initially became news because he was well known for having played in the NFL. The government used his fame to create propaganda for the war. Pat is not more important or special than any of the others who have fought in these wars, but the truth of what happened to Pat — and to every soldier who has died — is important. The truth shines a light on systematic corruption, incompetence and lack of accountability in the military and in government. Over the last five years, the Pentagon and Congress have had numerous opportunities to hold accountable those responsible for the coverup of Pat's death. Each time they've failed. The government didn't just lie to us; it lied to a nation.

Mary Tillman is the author of "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: Searching for Answers in the Death of Pat Tillman." A documentary featuring her and other family and friends will open in theaters Aug.

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1. "The government didn't just lie to us; it lied to a nation."

The government lied about EVERYTHING. Iraq-ahstan is a contrived, purposely engineered military/police action created solely to: (1) facilitate privatizing the petroleum resources in the area; (2) facilitate pipelines to sycophantic nation states; and (3) to give the American Military/Industrial Complex an base area of hardened operation and to facilitate the MICs continuing profits.

There were NO weapons of mass destruction.

Ossama Bin Laden and 9/11 were weapons of mass distraction.

Pat Tillman was most likely murdered.

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2. Pat was going to meet with anti war Noam Chomsky when he returned from Afghan.

for those who don't remember..or never knew..

Pat had already served in Iraq and was transfered to Afghan he was an avid Noam Chomsky reader, a meeting was set up for Pat to meet with Noam Chomsky when he returned Stateside.

That had to have Bush and Cheney crapping in their pants!

No WMD in sight..

How would it look on the back of all the lies about the Jessica Lynch capture that were being exposed? When she was rescued the rescuers used rubber or plastic bullets? The story was all bullshit! Most of the rescuers are almost all dead..very suspiciously..convienience? you decide, look it up..

Then to have the risk of an NFL Football Player interview with Noam Chomsky and tell the story of a bullshit lie of wars????????? That would never do for the Bush Cabal.

Bush and Cheney should be at the Hague on trial for murder and war crimes.

Obama could do that, should do that..but now he can't.. now Afghan is his war..and he is now complicit in war crimes!
What a world and country we live in !!

Who says crime doesn't pay?

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3. Can't have the truth

interfering with the war profiteering.
He was murdered because he made a statement regarding the illegal invasion of Iraq.
The government couldn't have one of its propaganda pieces jumping ship.
Rummy, The Dummy, and Dick were running the show. The most corrupt, immoral governance in our history had difficulty with veracity.