...lies are told about how men died.

I don't know. I understand how upset you are about this Eric and I do find it a sad story but this kind of lie has been normal behavior for soldiers for years. I'm not looking to excuse it but I just don't think there is a huge story behind it.

Every war is promoted, packaged and sold. Did they use Tillman's death...sure...but it's hard for me to pin guilt on the Bush Administration for this. People love a hero. The media loves a hero. They were willing participants. This could have started as a simple lie. Tillman is killed by friendly fire and his fellow soldiers and officers don't want his death to be remembered as an accident or a waste. He is high profile so they run it through channels and decorate him. How many times do you think a crying mother, father, wife, child has been told their loved one died a heroic and honorable death and it was not even close to the truth?

It's a lousy story for sure and the worst thing about it is Tillman is dead. He's a hero any way you look at it but this kind of lie is the little white variety compared to the big lies that got us into this war in the first place. Those lies have killed a lot of people and destroyed even more lives.

You know and that's the thing, we're obsessed with lies and hypocrisy and the thing is...in life some lies are needed and they are not a bad thing or prove someone is a bad person...and hypocrisy is like breathing...it's a fact of life and proves nothing.

People are killed by friendly fire in every war. For the same reasons Tillman's death was honored, his death is now getting attention again. He was high profile. They can't use Pat Tillman anymore and I hope that gives his family some form of satisfaction. For me that's as far as this story goes.