finally some truth on Iraq in the New York Times
Pentagon Challenged on Lynch and Tillman
By JOHN HOLUSHA
Published: April 24, 2007
Military and other administration officials created a heroic story about the death of Cpl. Pat Tillman to distract attention from setbacks in Iraq and the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the slain man’s younger brother, Kevin Tillman, said ( Read more... )
By JOHN HOLUSHA
Published: April 24, 2007
Military and other administration officials created a heroic story about the death of Cpl. Pat Tillman to distract attention from setbacks in Iraq and the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the slain man’s younger brother, Kevin Tillman, said ( Read more... )
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I read a great column a few weeks ago. It was written
my a conservative a former congressional candidate,
but boy did he nail it. check it out
http://joeleonardi.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/true-american-heroes/
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I read your link and appreciate some of Mr. Leonardi's sentiments, especially that the reality of war is horrifying enough, thus there is no reason to exaggerate the true stories of how soldiers were killed or injured.
However, separating the propaganda from its purpose, ie, not acknowledging that these false stories play a roll in creating sympathy for the war a la Wag the Dog, seems naive to me. IMHO, if we *really* cared about soliders lives, we wouldn't have gone to war over false-pretenses in the first place.
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