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The parents of NFL football star turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman told The Washington Post that the military and the government created a phony heroic tale about how their son died and lied about the fact he really died from friendly fire to gin up support for Bush's controversial war.
"Pat had high ideals about the country; that's why he did what he did," Mary Tillman told the Post. "The military let him down. The administration let him down. It was a sign of disrespect. The fact that he was the ultimate team player and he watched his own men kill him is absolutely heartbreaking and tragic. The fact that they lied about it afterward is disgusting."
It is time America realizes that the Bush and DeLay crowd will do and say anything, including the cynical manipulation of patriotism, if it serves their purposes. Tillman was a real American hero. It is a shame he had to serve for self-serving cowards who lack even a shred of basic morality and a shard of public decency.
Tillman, played for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, but left the league after the Sept. 11, 2001 to join the Army along with his brother.
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Bush is a sickening president. They will lie about EVERYTHING!
