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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:30 PM Original message |
Pat Tillman 3 shots in the forehead @ close range by a M-16 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. or shot while sleeping - ????? |
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rabidchickens (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
146. M16 fires in 3 round burst |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #146 |
158. Then of course the jumpy soldier |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. What was he about to say |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. oh lord, I hope it's nothing like that |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. He was opposed to the war in Iraq and was set to meet some .... |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. I believe the answers were in his diary |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
132. what was in his diary? Oh, right. It "disappeared" |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #132 |
174. Pat Tillman was not only a hero he was an outspoken democrat |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. all clothes and personal belonging |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. he was about to meet with (shoot, I forget who!) and was really anti Iraq war |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. See post 19 |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
167. Excellent accompanying piece. Thanks. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. my God |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. My thought as well |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. It was an accident, right? |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Please keep in mind: |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Interesting. So we know that the shots were fired from close by or by a really good shot |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Frankly, from a distance... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
94. If the entrance wounds were that close together |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #94 |
125. formerica and Tandalayo, you guys echo my first thoughts about this. |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
165. Not to mention what distance would do with a 3 round burst |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
170. Prone position...supported barrel...close range ... executed n/t |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
141. yeah, burst at more than, say, 25 meters gives a 3-foot group |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. In other words, he was executed |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Yes, and I don't care who pulled the trigger |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. As a former Marine sharpshooter, |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
119. Back in 1972 |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #119 |
135. Bought my Colt HBAR |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 03:36 AM Response to Reply #135 |
179. Someone wanted to make sure he didn't survive. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 04:55 AM Response to Reply #135 |
182. There has to be some profiteering going on. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
140. Not to be morbid, but I wonder how tight the group was |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Thats been my problem with it all. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. "In other words, Pat Tillman was most likely murdered in the field...By U.S. Soldiers" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
71. Stan Goff doesn't think it was an assassination, though |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
129. Great line from Goff piece. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
130. Great link |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Have you ever been more infuriated in your life? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Can you imagine how |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. No. Shot from the front. |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. You're right. |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. But, MP5's are 9mm, aren't they? |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. I have not seen the caliber of the rounds reported. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #74 |
156. What are the odds that a fellow soldier would frag him w/o permission, considering his poster boy |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #55 |
76. That was cold - to look him in the eye as he was being shot |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
118. "Tillman the symbol of Amer. democracy: shot from behind by people entrusted to protect him" |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
138. Story says three shots to the forehead - |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #138 |
166. Corrected above, but it's still an ambush killing. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. After what I saw and heard on K.O. it appears Tillman was murdered for |
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rockmart-dem (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Pat Tillman |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Welcome to DU, rockmart-dem. n/t |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
104. Welcome to DU rockmart-dem! |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. That's bullshit and Keith should know better... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. That's the way I took the story. Like all things I could be wrong, but what better |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Makes a good cover story. n/t |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Keith knows about the diary being burned. He knows how fishy it all is. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
97. from k.o. i understood the point to be that his death was covered up |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. If you remember the Government used him as a poster boy War hero. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. right. but they didn't KILL him to do that. they took advantage of him |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. That's the way it sounded to me too |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
84. Recruiting and propaganda? |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
100. The book, "What's My Name Fool" has a chapter about him. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. If true, he was fragged, not a victim of "friendly fire" as the press has |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
127. IMO, greyhound, every death in Iraq is on the BFEE. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #127 |
178. Good point. n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Yes, Mr. President, confirmed, you have your War Poster Boy now. Over." nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. OOOOOOPS! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Poor guy...all he wanted to do |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
81. Maybe Pat didn't like being an enforcer for heroin pushers and drug runners. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. My heart just aches for his mother and father |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. He was the PERFECT poster boy |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Tillman wanted to fight in Afghanistan. NOT in Iraq, which he opposed. nt |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. Or their PERFECT nightmare. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. He was also a Ranger squad leader. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
103. Sounds more than plausible. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. When he was killed, I was on rw boards having conversations with republicans |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. This will shave another 2% in Bush's poll ratings...guaranteed. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #57 |
93. Why bother? |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Pentagon and WH invoke 'executive privilege' for the fragging |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Executive privilege to cover their inhuman actions |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. That'll learn 'em not to read Chomsky |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
114. Thanks for the Link |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Among other information: |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. And that same 3-star General will be the scapegoat |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
173. This is the point that Wesley Clark was making on Olbermann the other night. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
145. "I can't recall." Hmm....Where have we heard THAT before? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #145 |
159. It's the bushcult mantra. They pop a zombien each night and chant themselves to "sleep" with it. nt |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. No wonder bush exerted executive privlege...they white house probably ordered it. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Holy crap! |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well one officer cintacted the White House .... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Sheesh. I shouldn't be surprised. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Remember they burned his uniform and journal too. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. I wonder what Tillman knew that turned him against the war in Afghanistan? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. or that our government is protecting osama????????????eom |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
111. wasn't that obama or chelsea's MOMA? |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. There's no doubt in my mind that the diary said something |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I want his whole history in Afghanistan-what did he learn?-what are they covering up? nt |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
109. This is just a guess but ... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
116. quite a different story than the one fed to us by the GOP/Corp Media Establishment |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
147. Those attorneys should be drummed out of the military too |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. There's no hiding from an autopsy report like that. |
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snacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. Too sad (and angry) for words. n/t |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. As I understand it, Pat was openly atheistic, though it's been a while since I read about the case |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
110. I've wondered myself how that figured into it |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
148. Information the chaplain received from the unit |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. The shit will hit the fan in the morning. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. It's on the ESPN News ticker at the bottom of the screen. nt |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
121. If it's made the ESPN ticker, then it's gone "mainstream" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #121 |
128. B-I-N-G-O, NewJeffCT.....nt |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. A political assassination |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. That's exactly what it is. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Someone very, very high up, you say? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #56 |
75. Yes. And they paid off that general to give up a star and a portion |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #54 |
96. Speculation that Bush ordered this is just that. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. If a "bad apple" did it, then why try to invoke executive privilege to cover it up? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. At this point, they're trying to cover up the cover-up |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #98 |
113. I agree... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #113 |
134. I'm guessing that it is the cover-up |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
131. Until there is a real investigation EVERYTHING is speculation. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #96 |
136. However, as I pointed out in another thread |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #96 |
151. Why, then, go to the trouble of preventing investigation through executive privlege? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #96 |
164. I concur. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #164 |
175. According to the report there is no evidence of any enemy action, at all... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #175 |
181. Oh, hell. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. Hmmm. Admired celebrity whose position for peace threatened to undermine the war effort... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #60 |
89. Don't think so. He was murdered in 1980. |
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TheUnspeakable (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
91. yes, perhaps... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
64. All of this sounds very suspicious to say the least. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
65. What madness is this? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:08 AM Response to Reply #65 |
80. One that steals elections |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. Are M-16's still set up to fire 3 shot bursts? n/t |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. It has taken two years for this to surface. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-26-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
69. Will Rove or * Have A - You Can't Handle The Truth Moment?......nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
73. Maybe PT didn't discover anything about Bushco; maybe he threatened to divulge military crimes. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
77. 10 yards away? That wasn't friendly fire... he was murdered. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
78. ttt |
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CGowen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
79. At least it wasn't claimed that he committed suicide n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
82. Chickenhawk republicons are lying about one of our honorable soliders |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
83. 3 shots at 10 yards by an M16? |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
85. Pat Tillman and others like Jessica Lynch are not people to the Bushites, only tools to be exploited |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
86. This is one I am so sad to have been right about from the beginning |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #86 |
133. The story ain't over yet. It is tragic but perhaps Tillman's death will bring down the cabal. |
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Klukie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
87. Silencing a critic ? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. You got it right Klukie |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
90. K&R. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
92. His mother was right! |
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bluedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. I feel so sorry for her |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
95. I'm surprised they left a body with three bullet holes in the head for someone to find. |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
102. OMG! |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
105. Mob rules....3 shots to the head you know he's dead... |
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cadaverdog (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. From the Kansas City Star article |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #108 |
150. Important Questions |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #108 |
163. There are indeed troops who know what really happened. |
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baghdad_bush (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
107. This administration is PURE EVIL!! |
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sagetea (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
112. No surprise |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #112 |
162. Same here. Welcome to DU. nt |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
117. if one got shot in the head 3x at close range with an M16 |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
120. I read the whole article...that's just messed up. n/t |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
122. This really like the Mafia |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. And to think, we used to be "the good guys". nt |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
123. I believe that KKKarl Rove and then Paul Wolfowitz ordered Pat Tillman's |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
124. The ESPN comments on their story are lit up with suspicion |
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No DUplicitous DUpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
137. What a thread...what a story..A must read. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
139. Were there mercs in the area? |
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sueh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
142. I HATE what these mother fuckers have done!!!! |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
144. Wouldn't that blow his head clean off? |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #144 |
154. it is fairly light round a little bigger than a .22 cal. (.223) |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #154 |
168. Thanks. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
149. Very chilling quote from the forbes article |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
152. A comment on Right Wingers and Fragging in Vietnam. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #152 |
176. Yeah, fine. Then why is * claiming executive privilege? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #176 |
177. He is afraid that the story will show low support for this war in the Ranks. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
153. Are there any Rangers in this thread.... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #153 |
169. Happyslug I agree more with your theory than the tinfoil hat ones here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 03:57 AM Response to Reply #153 |
180. That's the thing I've been wondering. n/t |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
155. KO is on it now |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
157. Thanks for all who posted |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
160. Famous, Handsome, Articulate, and Disallusioned by the War.. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
161. My brother was in charge of the med unit that received his body. |
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TNMOM (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
171. Just sad... |
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dardango (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
172. Wow!! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
183. Kicked! |
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