Pat Tillman: Just another hack job

If your reaction to my little headline is one of disgust, here's why: Tillman is an undeniably dynamic American figure.

Problem is, it's not Tillman himself who's the hack job. Rather, he's the subject of one.

News has broken stating that a prominent General warned President Bush about a week after Tillman was shot that his shooter was likely American. For those who don't remember, Tillman was the NFL safety who was killed in the line of duty. It seems that Tillman was awarded the Silver Star posthumously, between the time Major General Stanley McChrystal wrote his memo and the time Tillman's family was informed of its contents.

None of this would have even come to light, of course, except that the family has repeatedly refused to accept the official version, choosing instead (perhaps they're communists) to get real mad and demand more investigating. Now we have this memo.

Now, a man who was the symbol of the American spirit, has become a symbol of American bullshit.

Same man. It's certainly not his fault. Still a driven patriot. Still looks good in a beret.

It's the presidency that's changed.

No; that's not it. Same presidency.

It's just that after seven years... for some reason... people are starting to pay attention.

-Zed

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