Pat Tillman's Mother: Stanley McChrystal Should Be Removed From White House Post

ABC News:

Mary Tillman, mother of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player turned Army Ranger who was tragically killed by friendly fire 7 years ago, is angered by McChrystal's appointment, telling ABC News that he was part of the propaganda effort pushing the false tale that Tillman had been killed by the enemy, and keeping the truth from the world -- and their family.

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Comments

[flipsmack]

12:45 AM on 04/15/2011

Donovan - Ballad of a Crystal Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzN7WoOOy8k

[FreeAmerican7]

07:30 PM on 04/14/2011

General McChrystal is just ONE out of many WARmongers NEO-Crusaders who get their marching orders from our POLITICIANS (Democrats & Republicans).
There was never any intentions to capture the Leaders of Al-Qaeda for if they were captured and preferably killed; there would have been NO NEED to continue wasting TRILLIONS of TAXPayers Dollars in all these wars that benefit the "FEW" in the American War Industry.

[Ergon]

06:27 PM on 04/14/2011

Mrs. Tillman reminds me of another mother, Cindy Sheehan, who so publicly upbraided another president for the choices he made.

[FZliveson]

05:43 PM on 04/14/2011

The wonderful thing is that Mrs. Tillman is not just hammering the memory gong for her own son.
She represents the hundreds of people whose flesh and blood has come home, horizontal and in a body bag in an aluminum shipping coffin.

Tillman was no different than most of the soldiers who have given their lives; they all gave everything in the end. They gave up loved ones, possessions, thoughts, dreams, loves and maybe even children for ideals or goals.

Thanks to Mrs. Tillman, a voice of experience and with some credibility is giving her all to the cause of truth and ultimate justice; not mere dogma and marketing for the benefactors of warfare.

[LeeCalif]

05:38 PM on 04/14/2011

Whatever the Tillman family says, I agree with !!!!!!!!!!

[CalDemo]

05:54 PM on 04/14/2011

Must be a missprint! This all happened while Bush was President, Tillman was killed seven years ago, five before Obama became President. Those Bush years were forgettable but this is pushing it a bit.

[InisLass]

05:31 PM on 04/14/2011

While hindsight is 20/20, as they say, the fact that BinLaden was allegedly in Afghanistan helped "fuel the fire" of those who wanted to bring him to justice. Therefore, I can NOT fault Tillman and others who sincerely wanted to go get the EssOhBee. ALL of us were mislead, as we now know. The difference is, _I_ for one, didn't lose a loved one. The fact that Tillman gave up an amazingly lucrative career tells you of _his_ sincerity. And as another mother who adores my son, my heart breaks for Pat's mother. She has _every_ right to feel as she does AND I applaud her and her family for standing up for what is right. To accept all the lies and "keep on truckin'" as if nothing is wrong, would be a disservice to her belovéd son's memory.

[AlexNYC]

07:02 PM on 04/14/2011

Pat learned 2 things after he joined the Army Rangers.

- The US military purposely stood down and delegated the task of capturing BIn Laden who was in their sights to the Afghan tribes, who of course allowed him to get away.

- Bush got the US into Iraq under false claims of WMDs.

Pat enlisted with noble intentions, but he soon realized it was all BS. However, he and his brother Kevin committed themselves to a 3-year duty and they intended to see it through, no matter how disgusted they were. The very least his wife and family deserve is the truth on how he died.

[AirForce Vet]

05:26 PM on 04/14/2011

I agree with Pat Tillman’s mother concerning General McChrystal. Many in this nation refuse to acknowledge the obvious lies and denials that continually persist within our governmental system of operations. Lies and denials have gotten this nation bogged down, resulting in many disastrous consequences. General McChrystal is an extension of the lie and deny syndrome that is pervasive in Washington and now he has been appointed to a White House post that deals with military families, how absurd.

[KDMac]

05:06 PM on 04/14/2011

Wow, his face looks like it was chiseled out of a rock. He looked like GI Joe in the flesh. (I'm being completely complimentary here.)

[Gayrove]

04:40 PM on 04/14/2011

He dishonored every soldier who earned the Silver Star confronting the enemy. Now, the next thing will be his retirement, before which he'll probably get another star.
Can we see the actual IG report as well as the rationale for the rebuff of that report?

This is one thing that bestows unavoidable doubt in the most devoted fan of President Obama. No wonder there's no clear Republican front-runner-----even Fox News has gotta love a guy like this! Good ole Tom!

[Okieborn]

04:39 PM on 04/14/2011

McChrystal should be in a military prison, instead he has another appointment !!!!

[Tom Sutpen]

04:21 PM on 04/14/2011

I'll make a confession here:

I've never, even after reading various articles and seeing Amir Bar-Lev's film 'The Tillman Story' completely understood what it is that makes this case unique . . . apart from the Celebrity status of the deceased. What is the additive which makes his expiration on the battlefield more outrageous than that of any other Serviceman . . . or any civilian, for that matter?

[zombywulf]

04:15 PM on 04/14/2011

I will never understand why this government keeps supporting and promoting these awful Westmoreland Clones. They have FUBARed every military action since Grenada and even that was a mess. The corruption sanctioned by these self promoting prima donnas is criminal bordering on treasonous. Mc Crystal should have bee shot for his insubordination.

[realitytrumpsbull]

05:31 PM on 04/14/2011

I say bring the military back to the US from places like Afghanistan and Iraq. Those people need to run their own damn countries, even if they have a trillion dollars in mineral holdings, or oil reserves.

[alanm47]

04:08 PM on 04/14/2011

i would strongly recommend that all of you watch "The Pat Tillman Story". It will open your eyes on why none of us should believe everything we are told by those in authority. This entire incident and coverup has been a travesty.

[Tom Sutpen]

04:30 PM on 04/14/2011

But it was nothing new. Tillman (and his family) allowed him to be used for propaganda purposes from the start; did they think he wouldn't continue in that role once he was dead?

When you sign on, voluntarily, to decimate civilian populations for the interests of US investors, you're in for the long haul

[T2]

05:43 PM on 04/14/2011

They never lied about their son.. They are good americans.

I wish the military draft could be reinstated and the burden of standing up for this country was more evenly shared. These kids don't make policy or start wars - politians put them in harms way, and they fight more to protect the man next to them than to "decimate civilian populations". & us @ home don't even have our taxes raised to share a sacrifice others are making. Nobody likes war - least of those the ones whose life is on the line

[CalDemo]

05:59 PM on 04/14/2011

Incomprehesively wrong! Tillman, from our neck of the woods, entered the military with no fanfare at all and at the same time as his younger brother. Even the press was unaware of his enlistment until the word finally got out. He was extremely patriotic and he and his brother went directly into the Rangers after gruelling qualifying. Don't forget too that he left behind a young bride not long after they were married or that his brother spoke against the patriotic fanfare the Bush administration plastered all over his services. In the future try to know of what you speak.

[Moshe]

04:00 PM on 04/14/2011

The total lack of accountability in our government is obscene on a bipartisan basis.

And no real accountability = no real change