SocraticGadfly: Tillmans and Lynch call for demythologizing of government-generated Iraq heroes

April 24, 2007

Tillmans and Lynch call for demythologizing of government-generated Iraq heroes

Lynch, along with the family and military friends of Pat Tillman recently testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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“We believe this narrative was intended to deceive the family but more importantly the American public,” Kevin Tillman told the committee. “Pat’s death was clearly the result of fratricide,” he said, contending that the military’s misstatements amounted to “fraud.”

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“The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don’t need to be told elaborate tales,” Lynch said. “The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate tales,” Lynch said.

Of course, when you start a war on deception, there’s only one way to maintain it.

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