MSNBC Hints Military Might Have Wanted To Silence Tillman

[SouthernDZ]

Go on the link below and watch this POS, unfriggin' believable....


"[Pat] Tillman has become such a complicated symbol of sort of Rorschached that you can almost take anything you want in this great American who turns down of millions of dollars to go fight for his country and then he's like, 'Wait a minute. I don't like Afghanistan. I don't believe in the mission we're fighting for. But wait a minute, I'm going to continue to fight just the same as if I did believe in the mission,'" MSNBC's cultural critic Toure said on the network today.

"You know, I mean, for the Army to have the most high-profiled soldier come out of the Army and perhaps criticize the mission would have been devastating for the military. So it's not quite clear what happened, actually, in Afghanistan. I mean, just a very complicated situation. I can see how many people could try to take it in the wrong direction," Toure surmised on the new MSNBC program "The Cycle."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vid...ut_him_up.html

[Team Sergeant]

I expect nothing less from a 5th rate tabloid "news" media. Remember CNN and Tailwind......CNN never recovered from those lies.

[greenberetTFS]

What I got out of that brief video is that Tillmans wife wrote a book titled "The Letter" and insinuated in that book that he wasn't behind the war effort any longer and changed his mind regarding it's validity....... But was prepared to serve out his time and afterwords tell his side of this story...... Is that what you guys got out of that video?..........

Big Teddy

[Sigaba]

Big Teddy--

My take is that Mr. Toure is trying to boost ratings of a new show by insinuating that others think Ranger Tillman was murdered by his brothers in arms as part of a wider conspiracy to kill him because he was going to speak out against OEF.

Barring any proof, Mr. Toure resorts to weaseling.

"So it's not quite clear what happened, actually, in Afghanistan. I mean, just a very complicated situation. I can see how many people could try to take it in the wrong direction," Toure surmised on the new MSNBC program "The Cycle."

The use of the word "so" reflects the kind of asshat thinking that drives Alcoa's share price. It implies a causative link that cannot be disproved. Indeed, the absence of proof makes the argument more compelling to like-minded asshats.


This is also the argument of an intellectual weasel. "I'm not saying this, but others might."

[ZonieDiver]

Bullshit!

I do not claim to be an expert on Pat Tillman. However, while most people became aware of him when he gave up a multi-year 3 million dollar contract to stay with the AZ Cardinals, I'd followed his career since he was an undersized LB at Arizona State. Before leaving for the Army, he had a chance to go to another NFL team, for more money, but chose to stay in AZ - because they took a chance on him when NO one else would.

Above all else, Tillman valued loyalty and privacy. HE insisted that his agent NOT publicize what he was doing when he enlisted, and insisted the Army do the same. No matter what he thought, IMHO, there is NO way he would have turned his back on his Ranger brothers - no matter what he thought about the war, the Army, or the President.

MOO/YMMV

[Sigaba]

MOO, there is overwhelming evidence here and "across the street" that Rangers are going to do their duty regardless of their personal views.

To me, this trait is a testimony to their professionalism, not an indictment of it.

It is absolutely shameful that a journalist would insinuate otherwise.

[Dusty]

The left loathes the Military, especially the mainstream media. They've been stirring up negative shit whenever possible for decades, and more than likely make shit up.

[longrange1947]

I find it even more shameful to hint that a Ranger would purposefully kill his Ranger Brother.

[Richard]

I saw an interview Monday with his wife talking about her book - she ain't a happy camper about what happened to who she makes out to be the most sensitive LB in the NFL.

Richard

[cjwils3]

Originally Posted by Sigaba

MOO, there is overwhelming evidence here and "across the street" that Rangers are going to do their duty regardless of their personal views.

To me, this trait is a testimony to their professionalism, not an indictment of it.

It is absolutely shameful that a journalist would insinuate otherwise.

Amen. My brother is a member of that elite brotherhood, and your words are very much appreciated. I've increasingly come to expect low standards of journalism from much of the mainstream media, who it seems love to publicize sensitive information and cash in on grieving families in order to achieve ratings.

[chance]

This is such BS, why can't people just let Ranger Tillman be remembered for the sacrifice he made both for his brother and his country.