 Yet he gave up a million dollar contract playing professional football to join the United States Army. That fact has never changed. Regardless of the manner in which he died, he still died serving his country. Was he killed by friendly fire, yes, but it occurred during armed conflict with the enemy.
I seriously question the motives of the Chronicle and Nation in this story, especially in which the writer states, Quote: | For a chicken-hawk Administration led by a President who loves the affectations of machismo but runs from protesting military moms, this testosterone cocktail was impossible to resist. | Hmmm, last time I remember checking the facts, the President actually did meet with Cindy Sheehan. So I guess the author was lying right. Another in a long list of lies by the media, so what else is new.
Regardless of what Pat Tillman thought, he still served, and did his duty. Many a military members may disagree with the war, yet they do their duty and continue to reenlist at record numbers. Try as the media might, the facts never support their claims.
dmk Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
-Russell Kirk- |