Pat Tilman and his brother, Kevin, joined the army together in 2002. We all know the story from there: Pat was killed in 2004 and his family was lied to about the circumstances so that our government could turn this all-American boy into the hero they needed to garner support for this horrible war. It has since come out that Pat was killed by the erroneously named "friendly fire."
I don't feel at all qualified to comment on the piece that Kevin has written for TruthDig; I can't urge you strongly enough to read it. It is heartbreaking, it needs to be said, over and over again, and it gives me hope that there are people, like Kevin, who can help turn this country around.
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