The cover up our country did surrounding the facts of Pat Tillmans death is by far one of the most embarrassing acts we have done in anytime I can remember. We have taken a national hero and his tragic fall and made it into a Public Relations tool full of lies. They lied about the facts surrounding his death, and told his parents their son died of enemy fire when in fact he died of friendly fire.
Not suprising considering Tillman’s death happened around the same time the Abu-Ghraib prison scandal was gaining attention. The media spin controllers in the White House had to get the attention off of the bad press and get some good press out there for the country to eat up on. The only other thing that could of possibly eased the media pressure of Abu-Ghraib was an American hero being killed by the enemy. If it would of come out at that time he was a victim of friendly fire our country would of been in more of an uproar.
Now the press is starting to cover the death of Patrick Tillman more (read an article published by The Nation today), and should give the commander in chief more to stomach. I am sure George is already talking with Carl Rove to figure out how to spin some positive press out of this.
President Bush first entered office with a promise of bringing back accountability to the office of President. Since then every time there has been reports of something going wrong the action has been to pass the blame until it goes away. This being the day after Memorial Day, I think it’s time that the citizens of this country, who enjoy the freedoms our military helps protect, show our appreciation. We need to stand up and be heard. Hold the administration accountable for the death of Patrick Tillman. His story received a lot of press because of his life prior to the military. It makes one wonder how many other cases of friendly fire has been covered up.