Pat Tillman: Rest in Peace

One of the horrors of war is death by friendly fire. Every war has killings by friendlies. I detest the cover up of Pat Tillman's death in the name of patriotism. Lies and deception are a staple of Bushworld and the military. However, I can only imagine the horror of knowing a soldier killed one of his or her own. Theree was a video of two pilots awhile ago, who were told to take out a target and suddenly realized the mistake they had made. You could hear the horror, the shock, and the pain in their voices. Those two pilots will pay the price for being given bad intelligence, for following orders. Plus, they have to live with knowing they killed one of their own. Again, there was a cover up. The military is good at deception. The generals and politicians need to be held accountable for inventing the current wars and the cover up of Pat Tillman's death. I have heard the soldiers talk about the Pat Tillman death, and the hurt and horror in their eyes and voice stays with you. Of course, some of the same soldiers were also part of the cover-up. Some claim they were only following orders. Some just wanted to forget what happened. War is always deplorable because war destroys any sense of humanity. The lies and cover-up just add to the inhumanity. However, I have all the respect in the world for the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most of them will return and never be the same, ever. Their pain doesn't replace the lies told to the Tillman family, or the lies told to the family whose son was killed by the pilots. The lies by the military leaders only reinforce the horrors of war, which include friendly fire war after war. The politicians who started the wars need to be held responsible too. The politicians are responsible for the deaths of over 3,200 soldiers. The blood of the soldiers is on the hands of Bush, Chaney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Rice, et. al. I can only imagine what the soldiers experience in the moment of a fire-fight. Then to realize you have killed one of your own, I have no idea how you live with that experience. Punish the people who are responsible for the lies and deceit and war. But have some compassion for the soldiers. I can support the troops, but not Bushworld and the Neocon War Machine....