Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal of the US Army sent a memo to Gen. John Abizaid a week after the death in Afghanistan of former NFL star Pat Tillman altered Gen. Abizaid of the significant possibility that Tillman died as a result of friendly fire. He told the General that he "felt that it was essential that [Gen. Abizaid] received this information as soon as we detected it in order to preclude any unknowing statements by our country's leaders which might cause public embarrassment if the circumstances of Cpl. Tillman's death become public".
It was not until several weeks after the memo that Tillman's family was informed of what actually occurred. In the interim he was posthumously decorated for heroism.
Fortunately the White House has leapt into the fray and quickly clarified, via a spokesman, that despite the warning in the communication no one could remember informing the President of this and that the President himself cannot remember anything at all subsequent to an incident in Acapulco involving copious amounts tequila and "some sort of powdery substance" when he was in the Texas Air National Guard.
It was not until several weeks after the memo that Tillman's family was informed of what actually occurred. In the interim he was posthumously decorated for heroism.
Fortunately the White House has leapt into the fray and quickly clarified, via a spokesman, that despite the warning in the communication no one could remember informing the President of this and that the President himself cannot remember anything at all subsequent to an incident in Acapulco involving copious amounts tequila and "some sort of powdery substance" when he was in the Texas Air National Guard.
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I just ran across this blog while surfing tonight. so far it looks like nobody gives a sh*t what you think or write. Maybe my comments will make you feel better?
as for this one, why is everything a conspiracy to you people? it seems perfectly reasonable that occassionally in the disorganized mess that is armed conflict, the good guys can kill each other. It does not mean Tillman is any less of a patriotic hero, which he is to me. It took a while for the facts to come out. So what? It's very unfortunate for the Tillman family I guess, but I just don't see what the prez has to do with it.
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