Kevin Tillman (Pat's brother): After Pat's Birthday

[tpsbmam]

The whole short piece is well worth reading -- snips below.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/

It is Pat’s birthday on November 6, and elections are the day after. It gets me thinking about a conversation I had with Pat before we joined the military. He spoke about the risks with signing the papers. How once we committed, we were at the mercy of the American leadership and the American people. How we could be thrown in a direction not of our volition. How fighting as a soldier would leave us without a voice… until we get out.

Much has happened since we handed over our voice:

Somehow we were sent to invade a nation because it was a direct threat to the American people, or to the world, or harbored terrorists, or was involved in the September 11 attacks, or received weapons-grade uranium from Niger, or had mobile weapons labs, or WMD, or had a need to be liberated, or we needed to establish a democracy, or stop an insurgency, or stop a civil war we created that can’t be called a civil war even though it is. Something like that.

Somehow our elected leaders were subverting international law and humanity by setting up secret prisons around the world, secretly kidnapping people, secretly holding them indefinitely, secretly not charging them with anything, secretly torturing them. Somehow that overt policy of torture became the fault of a few “bad apples” in the military.
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In a democracy, the policy of the leaders is the policy of the people. So don’t be shocked when our grandkids bury much of this generation as traitors to the nation, to the world and to humanity. Most likely, they will come to know that “somehow” was nurtured by fear, insecurity and indifference, leaving the country vulnerable to unchecked, unchallenged parasites.

Luckily this country is still a democracy. People still have a voice. People still can take action. It can start after Pat’s birthday.

[underpants]

1. They killed Pat

This is my one and only serious conspiracy theory that I buy into.

ESPN Outside the Lines had a very good 30 minute piece on this last Sunday I highly recommend it-featured interviews with 5 guys who were in the platoon (as was Kevin) and what they saw and what they were told to say and well it was very emotional to watch. They didn't really get into any question about how it was handled other than to say (as softly as possible) that Pat's death was covered up and used for political purposes.

That being said no one has been able to identify who the Afghan on the ridgeline with Pat and the other soldier was. The other guy was the only one who survived the friendly fire incident. It may not be that odd to not be able to figure out who an Afgani was but this was supposed to be a guy on our side, no one knows who he was? Seriously no one?

They (you know who I mean) couldn't have Pat F*****N' Tillman come back from the war (Both Iraq and Afganistan) and meet with Chomsky and maybe campaign FOR Kerry or against Bush ( he apparently told everyone he met to vote against W) no way....they couldn't have that.

This is a great piece by Kevin. I would like to see him out more telling people this and shoving it back in their god damned faces but that is his choice not mine.

They killed Pat or they set up the circumstances so that he faced the greatest risk he could. That I believe.

[sam sarrha]

3. they killed JFKand Robert kennedy, who would have won and king.. it isnt

any problem to kill a soldier

[underpants]

4. Link to the videos

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/underpants/73

[sam sarrha]

2. Bu$h said he'd stay if the only suporters of the war his wife and dog

and 2 dumb animals... the dog at least has instinct and doesnt have say in the matter.

all my slaves wouldnt have it any other way..