Pat Tillman played defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals until the events of 9/11, when he gave up a multi-million dollar NFL contract to join the US Army Rangers. His brother Kevin served in the same unit. Article on Pat’s feelings about the Iraq War here. Pat was killed in action in April 2004. Kevin maintained his silence until last October, when he wrote this scathing indictment of the Bush administration.
EXCERPT: Somehow back at home, support for the soldiers meant having a five-year-old kindergartener scribble a picture with crayons and send it overseas, or slapping stickers on cars, or lobbying Congress for an extra pad in a helmet. It’s interesting that a soldier on his third or fourth tour should care about a drawing from a five-year-old; or a faded sticker on a car as his friends die around him; or an extra pad in a helmet, as if it will protect him when an IED throws his vehicle 50 feet into the air as his body comes apart and his skin melts to the seat. FULL ARTICLE
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