Pat Tillman Killed in Afghanistan

[indolikaa]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0423Tillman23-ON.html


Pat Tillman was a class act. If I had kids, he was the kind of athlete I'd want them to adopt as a role model.

[teegee420]

Regardless of how I feel about this war, someone like that makes me proud(and grateful) to be an American.

[indolikaa]

Amen.

[Capmaster]

Ditto on that amen.

If they'd just put aside some of the coverage of mutant freakaziods like Michael Jacksoff, and devote a little bit more time to real heroes like Pat, our kids would get a different and healthier message about the world.

[Ripper2860]

Pat Tillman, who left the team to enlist in the Army after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has been killed in Afghanistan

When Tillman enlisted in the Army he walked away from a 3-year, $3.6 million contract extension with the Cardinals.

A Great American. A Great Individual. An Inspiration. A Hero.

[pacmania_2001]

Never heard of him until today but what a great person from the sounds of it.

RIP.

[indolikaa]

Never heard of him until today but what a great person from the sounds of it.

RIP.

Pac,

He did two things that I truly admired him for, especially considering he was a professional athlete...

In 2001, he declined to pursue a $9 million offer from the St. Louis Rams because he felt loyalty to the Cardinals' coaches, who had taken a chance on him.

and

When Tillman enlisted in the Army he walked away from a 3-year, $3.6 million contract extension with the Cardinals. The decision drew nationwide headlines, although he did not seek the headlines.

Loyalty and humility. Something that is all but nonexistent in professional sports today.

[Will Hay]

Never heard of him until now, but people such as Pat Tillman reaffirms my belief that the human race do have some good in them.
W.

[pacmania_2001]

Ditto Indolikaa.

[sLiMpAuLy]

RIP

[Ripper2860]

Thanks to the efforts of admirable young men and women. Some who have even made the utlimate sacrifice, like Pat Tillman. Thanks to them, certain parts of the world are a beginning to be a better place ...

* Over 400,000 kids have up-to-date immunizations..
* School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war.
* Over 1,500 schools have been renovated and rid of the weapons stored there so education can occur.
* Girls are allowed to attend school.
* Textbooks that don't mention XXXXXX are in the schools for the first time in 30 years.
* The port of XXX XXXXX was renovated so grain can be off-loaded from ships faster.
* The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August.
* Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in XXXX.
* The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the war.
* 100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed, compared to 35% before the war.
* Elections are taking place in every major city, and city councils are in place.
* Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city.
* Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets.
* Over 100,000 XXXXX civil defense police are securing the country.
* Over 80,000 XXXXX soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with US soldiers.
* Over 400,000 people have telephones for the first time ever.
* Students are taught field sanitation and hand washing techniques to prevent the spread of germs.
* An interim constitution has been signed.

Their efforts were not in vain and they will certainly not be forgotten. Not by their country. Not by their families. Certainly not by the lives they have touched in a foreign land.

RIP, Pat Tillman. RIP all who have given their lives for a greater good. Thank you !!

[pyscrow]

Sorry - but to me it is just another sensless death in a sensless war. I feel sorry for his family and friends, and any kids whom may have had him as a role model. HOpefully they will not emulate him and die in a foreign country.

[jeex]

the senseless war is in iraq. afghanistan (maybe pakistan) is where the guys are who were behind killing 3000 americans.

i do support our troops, but not the joke of a "president" that is in right now.

pat tillman should be emulated, from what i've read of him he was a very upstanding man.

[rhegedus]

When men like Tillman are so few and far between, 'friendly fire' just makes it worse.

All-American hero was killed by 'friendly' fire

[Capmaster]

The source of the bullet doesn't diminish his personal sacrifice in any way. He's still a hero in my book

[rhegedus]

The source of the bullet doesn't diminish his personal sacrifice in any way. He's still a hero in my book

Absolutely!

I would add more about my suppurt for the coalition forces, but then some bleeding heard would cry off about a political thread.

[Capmaster]

The source of the bullet doesn't diminish his personal sacrifice in any way. He's still a hero in my book

Absolutely!

I would add more about my suppurt for the coalition forces, but then some bleeding heard would cry off about a political thread.

There's always PMs

[rhegedus]

Who to?

Give me a few weeks so I can do my final exams and I'll start up a forum for the duscussion of the 'hotter' off-topics.