The Errant Æsthete

In what has come to be the norm in all things related to Iraq, for example, the blundering buffoonery of the circumstances surrounding the friendly-fire death of former NFL star Pat Tillman, Newsweek interviews his mother Mary Tillman, who spent years piecing together the details and explains why she feels Americans should be outraged.

This grandiose narrative wasn’t created for our benefit or for the benefit of Pat’s legacy; this was created to dupe the public and that’s crucial. And that’s what I think a lot of people don’t understand. Because there are people that say, “Oh why doesn’t she just be quiet? Why does she keep pushing this? The Army’s already apologized…” I mean, the point is that,
no they haven’t apologized. They’ve apologized for making mistakes. They have not admitted that this was an actual attempt to deceive the public.