DISGRACE

DISGRACE
WHERE IS THE SENSE OF HONOR?

By: John LeBoutillier



Just a short word on the revelations this week that both the Pat
Tillman death and the Jessica Lynch POW 'tale' were fabricated by the
military - with perhaps civilian higher-ups involved.

To lie about the death of a soldier - and to institute an immediate
cover-up - all for the purpose of hiding a friendly fire incident - is
obviously wrong. It is a disgrace.

Pat Tillman was a hero - and how he died takes nothing away from his
heroism. But to fabricate the details of his death to 'glorify' an
image has inadvertently muddied Pat Tillman's entire career - and that
is a shame.

Jessica Lynch is another side of the same coin: a loyal soldier who
did her job - and then discovered her superiors had completely
fabricated an incident that had not occurred - all to help 'sell' the
Iraq War.

In other words, it was a "Wag the Dog" type fake incident - just like
Woody Harrelson's Old Shoe character in the movie. Made up out of
whole cloth!

Just imagine if all this had happened just the same way - only a
Democrat was in the White House? Can you imagine how we conservatives
would squawk?




Yet this week there has been total silence on the Right about the
disgrace of the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch incidents.

Where is the sense of honor about our soldiers?

Where is the sense of shame and outrage about such fabricated baloney
by a clearly corrupt military leadership?

And, if the Bush White House had nothing to do with these outrages,
why no word of condemnation from them? Why no firings? Why no
demotions or courts martial for officers who were 'in' on these lies
and fabrications?

As Americans, we have to realize a few things:

1) Our soldiers are our most valuable citizens. Without them, we
cannot survive.

2) To dishonor them by lying about them - and using them as PR props
is unacceptable.

3) To provide third-rate out-patient care and insufficient VA benefits
dishonors our soldiers - and therefore our country.


Overall, everything about the Bush Administration treatment of the
military - from no body armor and no vehicle armor - to Walter Reed
and other medical outrages - smacks of a lack of caring about our
warriors and their families.

Next month will come a block-buster new book which will show an even
more deep-seeded - and evil - attitude toward our soldiers by past and
present White Houses.

Buckle your seatbelts as some nasty revelations will make the Pat
Tillman and Jessica Lynch stories seem tame in comparison.





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