After Pat’s Birthday
Written by former US Army Ranger Spc. Kevin Tillman regarding what would have been his brother, fellow Ranger Cpl. Pat Tillman’s 30th birthday:
After Pat’s Birthday
Somehow our elected leaders were subverting international law and humanity by setting up secret prisons around the world, secretly kidnapping people, secretly holding them indefinitely, secretly not charging them with anything, secretly torturing them. Somehow that overt policy of torture became the fault of a few “bad apples” in the military.
Somehow back at home, support for the soldiers meant having a five-year-old kindergartener scribble a picture with crayons and send it overseas, or slapping stickers on cars, or lobbying Congress for an extra pad in a helmet. It’s interesting that a soldier on his third or fourth tour should care about a drawing from a five-year-old; or a faded sticker on a car as his friends die around him; or an extra pad in a helmet, as if it will protect him when an IED throws his vehicle 50 feet into the air as his body comes apart and his skin melts to the seat.
Somehow the more soldiers that die, the more legitimate the illegal invasion becomes.
from After Pat’s Birthday: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
Kevin Tillman (wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Tillman
Pat Tillman (wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman
A Brother’s Rage
Kevin Tillman’s incandescent statement against the Iraq war reads like poetry, and is part of a tragic tradition.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15403881/site/newsweek/
Copyright © 2007 Henry Edward Hardy
Pakistani Raid In Waziristan
Pakistan: Protests over airstrike against al-Qaida http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467749561&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Pakistani airstrike on suspected al-Qaida hideouts sparks tribal protest http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/16-01-2007/86482-pakistan-0
Pakistan: Army kills 25 insurgents http://www.b92.net/eng/news/globe-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=01&dd=16&nav_category=117&nav_id=39105
Protests against Pakistan army raid http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6A2B9638-8B11-4233-B09D-24EA77F490D4.htm
Pakistan denies US aided airstrike http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A90B5328-E143-47AD-B92D-7852D255B8CB.htm
Gates Visits Kabul, Cites Rise in Cross-Border Attacks
Defense Secretary May Recommend More U.S. Troops http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011601093.html?nav=rss_world
Today Against the Taliban http://wolfpangloss.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/today-in-the-counterjihad-against-the-taliban/
Zamzola, S. Waziristan, F.a.T.a., Pakistan
http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/f-a-t-a/s-waziristan/zamzola/register/
Location: 32° 41′ 39″ North, 70° 5′ 14″ East (actually from looking at Google Earth I suspect it might be the larger and smaller compounds west of there a bit).
Copyright © 2007 Henry Edward Hardy
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