OK, they lied. So what? It isn't like they sullied his honor, or did harm to his reputation. They made him out to be a hero, when in fact he died in an accident. That's good for everyone all around, as long as the truth never gets out about the story being made-up. This could have been a great propaganda victory for us, and a major boost to morale, and maybe even a good recruiting tool; and noone would have been hurt. It's just too bad someone had to spill the beans. Now it's a scandal. Thank heavens somebody spilled the truth, so we can go forward with our standard media spin of how terrible our military brass is, along with stabs from our own side, simultaneously.
"OK, they lied. So what?"
You've never been in the military. And if you have, or are, you are part of the problem and have no foundation for ethics or morality. You probably didn't even go to church this past Sunday, and if you did, you are a hyprocrit. The question is 'why lie?' Who cares? His family deserves the truth. Just like the families with members missing in vietnam. unbelievable.
What this reminds me of more than anything is the death of Christa McAuliffe on the space shuttle. So much publicity surrounded her being on the Challenger that it made the whole tragedy far worse when she was killed. After all, she was just a teacher, not a NASA professional. We entrusted her to NASA and they got her killed.
Tillman has a similiar story. This was such a dreary end to a fairy tale that an unusual amount of pressure must have been on the Army to give it a "happy" heroic ending. It just couldn't end any other way. Nothing sounds like incompetence greater than "friendly-fire death." I'm sure that was just intolerable to the Army. I don't support the route they took because it ended up with them looking like screw-ups AND liars. Sad story.
OK, they lied. So what?
I'm always amazed at how willing some people are to throw ethics out the window, if they think they can get a political gain.