A friend just sent me this link: http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/26/l ... of-horror/ If even a little part of that post is true, consider me horrified. If true, how does something like this happen and then get covered up?
The Army brass up big time by covering up the true nature of Tillman's death, but... I don't, for one second, believe that a Ranger would, in cold blood, shoot another Ranger... especially in a combat zone. I can't even imagine a normal, every-day infantryman doing that crap. Soldiers screw up. I had my head up my fourth POC during a live-fire exercise and had a ND. If I had been shooting right-handed instead of lefty that day, one on my squad-mates could have been injured or killed. In this scenario, and knowing Rangers, I'm much more inclined to believe in Murphy than murder. ETA: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/25/MNGD7ETMNM1.DTL&type=printable
From what I have seen, firedoglake has about as much credibility as dailykos, democratic underground, or the NY TI\imes. I will definitely take anything they say with a 2 ton grain of salt.
Do you know who Huffington is? Same stuff, different outlet. We might want to wait for a more reputable source.
Actually, I'd never heard of the first site before I got linked and I was unaware of Huffington's history. Just posting that someone else picked it up.