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An argument against the US corporate media's depiction of American soldiers as "heroes" when they are engaged in an immoral and illegal war for fallacious reasons, especially when the war leaves a radioactive legacy of cancers and deformed children like the present wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Therefore, Pat Tillman was not defending the American people, as he imagined, but by participating in a war against the innocent people of Afghanistan and Iraq was actually increasing the anger and resentment towards the United States and raising the probability of another terrorist attack on the US mainland, rather than diminishing such a probability. He may just as well have worn the company logos of Chevron-Texaco and Exxon-Mobil on his uniform as the US flag because this is who he really was fighting for, as well as the weapons manufacturers and companies like Halliburton and Bechtel. 9-11 was the fear-inspiring event that George W. Bush cynically utilized to pursue his real agenda of corporate domination and profiteering.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/04/289879.html

you would have a point Val if you gave a more balanced view. One could also ask why a muslim with 20 sticks of semtex strapped to his body is also considered a hero.

arniegang wrote:you would have a point Val if you gave a more balanced view. One could also ask why a muslim with 20 sticks of semtex strapped to his body is also considered a hero.

It depends on what the target is. Attacking military targets are legitimate.

These are the kind of attacks I support

On Tuesday, 22 people — including 13 U.S. soldiers — were killed in an attack on the crowded mess tent at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul. The Pentagon said today the deadly attack was apparently the work of a suicide bomber.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/sto ... 870&page=1