The Tilman Story

This is such a powerful and sad story that says a lot about the politicians and the army in the United States. I was shocked to see how many lies the army told, trying to make the death of Pat Tilman into a propaganda tool. When the media was told that the army was going to offer condolences to the family, they were actually pressuring them into having a military funeral, which Pat had clearly stated that he had not wanted when he entered the forces. Also, many of the other troops that worked with Pat Tilman were very angry about the amount of lies that were told trying to cover up the fact that Pat was killed by friendly fire, while in reality the Tilman family never wanted 'justice' on those that may have killed Pat, they just wanted to know the truth about what had happened to their son, brother and husband. I believe that if the army had told the family the truth as soon as they had suspected that anything had happened, the Tilman's never would have been so driven to go after the military. However, as there was a an extreme lack of leadership the story was hidden from the press and the family and so Pat's mother blew the whistle on the military hoping for the truth. In one of the final scenes of the documentary, in court when  the final statements were being told, the four top commanders, restated their story so that they would not be to blame. I found this to be one of the more disturbing lies that were said throughout the story, as this was the family's last hope at finding the truth about their son and those four men that have so much power, could not bear to tell the truth, to show some true leadership, in those moments to finally give a grieving family some peace.