OK, so your point, stated at such great length, is that I shouldn't have said that the Pentagon started the lies. I should have just said that the military lied. It wasn't the Pentagon that initiated the lies. It was a field commander who started the cover-up. (Pretty typical Bushbot defense. Blame a private or a non-com. If you can't blame them, blame the field commander. Guess that is what you call "supporting the troops.")
Of course this is a distinction without a difference. The Pentagon and presumably the Bush administration knew well in advance of the televised memorial service for Tillman that his death was fratricide. The Pentagon continued to cover-up the true nature of his death for a month even though it was known within days that his death was fratricide.
Army Withheld Details About Tillman's Death Quote:
The first Army investigator who looked into the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman in Afghanistan last year found within days that he was killed by his fellow Rangers in an act of "gross negligence," but Army officials decided not to inform Tillman's family or the public until weeks after a nationally televised memorial service.
A new Army report on the death shows that top Army officials, including the theater commander, Gen. John P. Abizaid, were told that Tillman's death was fratricide days before the service.
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This was the real cover-up that you choose to ignore. Abizaid knew before the first fictitious Army press release and before the farcical memorial service. He knew the truth a month before Tillman's parents were told.
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The San Francisco Chronicle ... found that Gen. John Abizaid, the top American officer in Iraq, and others in his command had learned by April 29, 2004, that friendly fire had killed their star recruit. That was the day before the Army released its fictitious press release of Tillman's hillside firefight and four days before a nationally televised memorial service back home enshrined the fake account of his death. Yet Tillman's parents, his widow, his brother (who served in the same platoon) and politicians like John McCain (who spoke at Tillman's memorial) were not told the truth for another month.
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The Mysterious Death of Pat Tillman
So, at the risk of repeating myself, my initial statement remains true. The facts show that the Pentagon and Bush administration were indeed behind the cover-up and the lies, whether you wish to deny it or not.