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War, War, War See other War, War, War Articles Title: Pat Tillman's Brother: 'I Wish He Would've Lit These F--king Idiots Up' (VIDEO) September 28, 2010 Pat Tillman's Brother: 'I Wish He Would've Lit These F--king Idiots Up' (VIDEO) Posted: 09-28-10 08:46 AM Pat Tillman died more than six years ago in Afghanistan, but his death remains a flash point to this day. Most recently, Tillman's younger brother Rich discussed the tragedy on "Real Time with Bill Maher." Tillman was an NFL star who gave up his promising and lucrative career to join the Army in 2002, just months after the September 11 attacks. He died in April 2004 as a result of friendly fire, but a military cover-up initially hid Tillman's true cause of death to promote the narrative that he was killed by enemy fire. Tillman's family has long been upset about the lies told following his death. In June 2005, Tillman's father passionately condemned an army investigator, writing, "I assume, therefore, that you are part of this shameless bullshit. I embarrassed myself by treating you with respect [on] March 31, 2005. I thought your rank deserved it and anticipated something different from the new and improved investigation. I won't act so hypocritically if we meet again." He later added, "In sum: Fuck you... and yours." Friday night on "Real Time with Bill Maher," Tillman's brother Richard discussed his brother's death at length. At one point, after explaining the "gross negligence" and "criminal" judgment of the soldiers who fired at his brother, Richard said, "I wish he would've just lit these fucking idiots up with his own gun, you know. 'Cause he knew that they were shooting at him. I wish he didn't have so much character, and he would've shot his own guys." "I wish he would have been like, you guys are fucking clowns, and just lit 'em up," he added. The Tillman Story, a documentary about Tillman's tragic death, is in theaters now. Scroll down for the full "Real Time" interview.
Poster Comment: You may recall that on the day Pat Tillman was killed 2 new guys from General McCrystal's 'special operations' division were transferred in. and for that day the squad was broken into 2 groups who each traveled from the same location and to the same location, but had to travel separately per orders given by an officer in a remote location. Tillman's brother featured in this interview was sent with one group and Pat in the other. while traveling at night and on the side of a hill a mine went off. Then some US soldiers responded by shooting, but people testified that there were no enemy present at that time. Pat Tillman stood up while the shooting was going on and yelled at people to stop shooting. He said "I'm Pat fucking Tillman" and within a second or so was dead after that. He got 3 bullets to his upper head. No other bullets elsewhere. The doctor said because the bullets were so close together that this came from a shooter within 10 meters away. This is why the doctor put in his report that there should be a murder investigation. They won't tell us which soldier killed Pat Tillman. But I bet it was one of the 2 special ops guys. After his killing the soldiers all got together in a meeting and watched as Tillman's personal things were burned including his clothes and his laptop computer. I think the message to the soldiers must've been crystal clear that the priority of the army was to kill Pat Tillman and if you don't go along, then you could be a target. and when I heard on the radio that he'd been killed by charging an enemy position I smelled a lie from the beginning. what do you think Pat Tillman's brother would've done after they killed his brother? He would've killed those 2 special ops guys and you'd have had a squad in active rebellion - like what did happen in Vietnam for some units.
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#2. To: Red Jones (#0)
Pat was a naive patriot who believed in the mission and when he realized that things were not as advertised he probably had no clue that once he made it known that he was disillusioned his emails were monitored, and shortly after his days were numbered.
#3. To: HOUNDDAWG (#2)
I think you're exactly correct. I'm sure you'll agree with me that we don't look down on Pat Tillman for his flaws. We all have flaws. He fell short. but he sacrificed his life in the process. He was one of the better people among us and because of this he was murdered.
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