I think it's useful every so often to revisit things we think we know from new angles, so with that I give you this story and this blog post about Pat Tillmann, the former professional athlete who was killed serving in uniform last April in Afghanistan, quite possibly shot by "friendly" fire.
I supported the invasion of Afghanistan. I would probably have supported it before 9/11. But it's worth considering the kind of people we lose in even the most uncontroversial wars. And it's a shame we only get snapshots of the lives of the famous ones. And it's even more of a shame when the media feels the need to distort the lives of men and women who've bravely given their lives for this country when their lives and their deaths don't fit into tidy little boxes or labels that match the stories the media wants to tell.
Posted by armand at July 7, 2004 12:50 PM | TrackBack | Posted to