Army reopens investigation of Tillman death

[From the south]

Before you bash the guy.... he gave up a lucrative career to go defend his country.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/06/tillman.investigation/index.html

[Sparkle]

1. Why? Is his death suspicious? I thought he died in combat?

[From the south]

3. oops

forgot to put the link in

[Ganja Ninja]

4. It was a friendly fire incident that killed him.

The army has all the info so my guess is they need a distraction to take the place of the Scott Peterson trial until Jacko is charged.

[gratuitous]

5. Died in a friendly fire incident

Also, he wasn't "leading" the patrol when they came under fire from their fellow soldiery that night in Afghanistan. And apparently, though there was a smidgen of honest reportage at or near the time of Tillman's death, the military tried to make it out as something heroic. Instead, it was just another meaningless death to feed into the myth of the American wehrmacht.

[Wonk]

2. Links are nice

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/12/06/tillman.investigation/

[ElectroPrincess]

6. Why do you assume that we would bash "the guy"

Many people here on DU emphasize that the LEADERSHIP at the *very* top (Pentagon Civilians and General Officers who set the tone and the policy) should be held to task - NOT the Poor Bloody Infantrymen at platoon level.

[From the south]

7. because of the

"serves them right" comments in other threads concerning the military