So now we learn that George Bush knew a month before the Army bothered to tell the Tillman family that their son was killed by friendly-fire. Wouldn't you hope your President would insist the family not be misled?
But, he was trying to sell his war, and it would certainly not be good for sales (or recruiting) if they found out we shot our own 'Poster Boy'.
George Bush loves and respects our military. Well, as long as the cameras are rolling and you can still be of some use, he does.
Just seven days after Pat Tillman's death, a top general warned there were strong indications that it was friendly fire and President Bush might embarrass himself if he said the NFL star-turned-soldier died in an ambush, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.And oh yeah, by the way, there's the mention of that mysterious 'four-star' again.
It was not until a month afterward that the Pentagon told the public and grieving family members the truth - that Tillman was mistakenly killed in Afghanistan by his comrades.
The memo reinforces suspicions that the Pentagon was more concerned with sparing officials from embarrassment than with leveling with Tillman's family.
In a memo sent to a four-star general a week after Tillman's April 22, 2004, death, then-Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned that it was "highly possible" the Army Ranger was killed by friendly fire.
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