The REAL Pat Tillman- Remember the name? He was the "handsome, muscle-bound NFL star who passed up a multi-million dollar contract to become an Army Ranger battling Al Qaeda in Afghanistan."
- He was held up as a gung-ho warrior by the right and a mindless dupe by the left. As so often happens, they were both completely in error.
- Tillman joined the Army specifically to fight Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, but was sent to participate in the invasion of Iraq against his wishes. He called the invasion, "so fucking illegal."
- He was an avid reader and fan of Noam Chomsky. Tillman's friend arranged a meeting for him with Chomsky that would have taken place if Tillman had ever returned from Afghanistan.
- Tillman was an independent-minded, outspoken Bush critic who planned to vote for John Kerry.
I think much more highly of him now. See, you can be patriotic and think the war is completely idiotic. Imagine that.
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