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Pat Tillman
Imagine you are a mother with a shining star for a son. And that son decides he must put aside his stardom to serve his country in its hour of need. And you are sad but proud.
Then imagine that son gets killed in battle and everybody in your government says he died a hero’s death and he’s awarded a Silver Star. And all the men and women of power and all the men and women of media make much of him.
Then imagine you discover that your son was in fact killed by his own men in one of those deadly errors that happen in time of war. And everybody was told to keep the circumstances of his death a secret. And that the actions for which he supposedly earned that Silver Star were a complete fiction.
Because his country needed a hero and he was already cut in that mold.
Imagine how you would feel if you were that mother.
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