Under the theory of the headline, every volunteer who dies in military service “got himself killed.” Attention-grabbing but disrespectful. Tillman volunteered and is a hero regardless of the merits of the war, mistakes made within the military or the coverup. This all smells like publishers trying to stir up controversy in order to pump up sales.
There is a condition called mountain sickness. You get cerebral edema and it can kill you. Mountain sickness interferes with your though process. The Taliban avoided it by staying in the mountains. Mountain sickness is what got Tillman killed. The rest is bull manure.