Old News: Pentagon and Bush Admin Called Liars. New News: This Time It's By Soldiers
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Wally
6:37 AM
The Truth About Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman Cover-ups Revealed in Congressional Testimony
In the early stages of the Iraq war, Pat Tillman became a darling of the chickenhawk right when he gave up his NFL career to enlist in the Army, becoming a Ranger. When he was killed in action, the Pentagon claimed that he had died engaged in heroic combat in Afghanistan, and even awarded him a posthumous Silver Star. What they didn't count on was one of his fellow Rangers - one who was with him when he died - would be honest, upstanding, valiant (all those things you think of when you think of Army Rangers) - and would disobey orders to reveal the truth about his friend's death by "friendly fire". The military at first portrayed Tillman's death as the result of heroic combat with the enemy. Army Spc. Bryan O'Neal told a congressional hearing that when he got the chance to talk to Tillman's brother, who had been in a nearby convoy on the fateful day, "I was ordered not to tell him what happened."
O'Neal said he was "quite appalled" by the order.
Kevin Tillman, in his testimony, accused the military of "intentional falsehoods" and "deliberate and careful misrepresentations" in the portrayal of his brother's death.
"Revealing that Pat's death was a fratricide would have been yet another political disaster in a month of political disasters ... so the truth needed to be suppressed," the brother said.
Tillman Who can forget sweet little Jessica Lynch, fighting to her last bullet, then using her bayonet to fight off the enemy before finally being captured and held in an Iraqi hospital. Who wasn't mesmerized by her daring night time rescue, captured for the world to see on night vision cameras. What a great story to rally support for the war. Except that it was all a lie, made up from whole cloth. Now, in testimony before Congress, she is helping to blow the cover off of the lies and propaganda. Ms Lynch criticised the Pentagon, saying: "I'm still confused why they lied and tried to make me into a legend." Ms Lynch said the real heroes were those who died in the attack and those who rescued her.
Initial reports also suggested that Ms Lynch had been abused after she came round in the hospital. She said the reports were lies: she had been treated well and the Iraqis had tried to return her to US forces.
"The nurses tried to soothe me and return me," she told the hearing, adding that she objected to the way in which the US military had portrayed her.
"American people don't need to be told elaborate tales" about US forces, she said.
Jessica The very heroes that this administration "created" are coming back to haunt them. Is there anyone left, besides McCain, who will defend the actions and motivations of these incompetent arrogant warmongers in the White House?
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