A Place to Talk About War

I would like to hear from soldiers who have been in combat situations, from their families, or from others interested in this conversation. I am a graduate student interested in war rhetoric. I have no preset agenda: I simply want to listen, to learn, and to be supportive.

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Married, two kids. Worked in the defense industry for 20 years before taking a different path. I'll be starting my dissertation on the rhetoric of war in a few months. This semester I am teaching Freshman Composition. I DON'T CARE ABOUT BLOGGERS' SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, OR ANY OTHER GRAMMAR MATTERS--I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

Monday, March 06, 2006

Pat Tillman . . . again

As I understand it, the military is now going to open its fifth probe of Tillman's death.

Perhaps my opinion will change if something shocking is revealed, but right now my thinking runs like this: the man is dead, God rest his soul. He joined gung-ho to fight overseas, and he was killed there. Sadly, he was killed by friendly fire. He was far, far from the first such victim, and he will not be the last. And if he had not been Pat Tillman, football hero, but Wayne Zabroski, C student from Cleveland, he would not have rated a first probe, much less a fifth.

posted by English Professor | 7:43 AM