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November 4, 2007 at 10:13:04

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Pat Tillman 1976–2004: The Death of War Dreams Rap

by Tumerica

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Chorus

No safety for the safety
No solace for the sane
No justice for the hero
Just an end to his game.

Fragged by a sniper

From the very same team

That’s not how you play the game,

“The death of war dreams.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We saw September 11

If you believed your eyes,

We took it all in

The gut-wrenching surprise.

But you took it on

As your own war to fight

Enlisted to help out,

And make the wrong right.

“Hmm,” said the leaders,

“Hmm,” said The Man,

Smells like a winner

For our propaganda plan—

“NFL Safety Quits Season

To Fight Terror War”

Trained you up, shipped you out

Moved you to a distant shore.

[Chorus]

Sent you to Iraq

And then Afghanistan

Out on patrol

Where only Army Rangers can.

Don’t know what you saw.

Can’t see with your eyes

Your diary disappeared

And your voice

And your soul.

First it was a hero’s death

By hostile enemy fire

But wait, no, that’s not right

Oh, yeah, it was friendly fire—

It happened at night

Where no one could see

But info trickled out

All contradictory.

From rookie to veteran,

You’d had a change of heart

As you found out the ugly truth

About the illegal war.

[Chorus]

Three shots to the head

In a tight little group

Assassin–style take-out

With medical proof.

M–16 bullets

The kind Americans use
From ten yards away

There’s no way to goof.

They can see your face
They can smell your fear

They can taste your death—

It was your life they feared.

You were gonna shout it out

About the War Against Iraq

“‘You know, this war is so f— illegal.”

You’d say to Chomsky, that’s a fact.

But The Man heard your plans

And had to silence your storm

The stumping for peace

Would unsettle the norm

The exposure of the lies

That brought the war to be

So your diary went missing

Your death clothes all destroyed.

Where was the investigation?

Like the one for 9-11?

Remove the evidence first

And ask questions—or not—later.

They painted you a hero

To promote their cause

But your goal of speaking truth

Was the real heroic loss.

Demote the general and call it a day

Whine mea culpa and collect their pay?

Your life tackled by a ranger

Dressed just like you

“just following orders, ma’am,”

In this vicious zoo.

[Chorus]

But number 40 never made it to 40—

Dead at 28.

The last man to see you alive

Told not to lay it straight.

They used Jessica

And they tried to use you.

Will we ever know

What it is that you knew?

Executive privilege keeps

Your story in a safe.

But time will reveal

All that, sadly, must be true.

[Chorus]

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Is a 34 year retired educator with a Masters Degree in Counseling - a free-lance writer with articles in Spanish and English Guideposts, Mothering, Oklahoma Observer, Oklahoma Gazette, Westview, Oklahoma Reader, The Lookout, Christian Standard ... . The author has the largest number of published "letters" in the history of Time magazine and NEA Today. Just had an LTTE in NEWSWEEK in December, 2007. Dale W. Hill is married with 5 children, 4 grand-children, one foster child, and 4 foster grandchi...

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Dale HillIs a 34 year retired educator with a Masters Degree in Counseling - a free-lance writer with articles in Spanish and English Guideposts, Mothering, Oklahoma Observer, Oklahoma Gazette, Westview, Oklahoma Reader, The Lookout, Christian Standard ... . The author has the largest number of published "letters" in the history of Time magazine and NEA Today. Just had an LTTE in NEWSWEEK in December, 2007. Dale W. Hill is married with 5 children, 4 grand-children, one foster child, and 4 foster grandchi...

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Smelly

Why would any military person, burn a friendly fire's uniform and, most importantly, burn his diary? Why would anybody burn someone's personal diary? Was there something in the diary that the Pentagon didn't want published??

by Dale Hill (58 articles, 0 quicklinks, 102 diaries, 347 comments) on Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 4:52:17 PM

Tumerica is a freelance nonfiction writer whose essays on social injustice have appeared in area newspapers. She regularly blogs on progressive political issues, food, and beauty. She writes book reviews of non-fiction books, as well as writing articles on writing for other writers. Tumerica is a published poet, with her works appearing in literary magazines and anthologies. Tumerica is also a fanatic foodie who is currently working on a cookbook.
TumericaTumerica is a freelance nonfiction writer whose essays on social injustice have appeared in area newspapers. She regularly blogs on progressive political issues, food, and beauty. She writes book reviews of non-fiction books, as well as writing articles on writing for other writers. Tumerica is a published poet, with her works appearing in literary magazines and anthologies. Tumerica is also a fanatic foodie who is currently working on a cookbook.

Do the Innocent Destroy Evidence?

Exactly, so, Smelly--great points. Destruction of evidence is a pretty damning symptom of guilt. They did the same after 9/11.

by Tumerica (13 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 41 comments) on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 3:56:39 PM

57 years on this jumpin' green sphere. Musician. Own and operate a music store to help kids find a possible life long friend. I believe in the soul and the search. Happily married w/ 2 boys. Published songwriter. play bass, piano and gut string guitar. there are no solutions..only alternatives. Ask questions. Listen. Be fair and don't expect. Baseball is a mirror. Don't ask....unless you have time and a sense of humor. Peace is never easy, but worth it. Always.
mikel paul57 years on this jumpin' green sphere. Musician. Own and operate a music store to help kids find a possible life long friend. I believe in the soul and the search. Happily married w/ 2 boys. Published songwriter. play bass, piano and gut string guitar. there are no solutions..only alternatives. Ask questions. Listen. Be fair and don't expect. Baseball is a mirror. Don't ask....unless you have time and a sense of humor. Peace is never easy, but worth it. Always.

tumerica

Your voice is welcomed. When truth is spoken, the soul is bathed.

thank you.

peace.

by mikel paul (11 articles, 1 quicklinks, 8 diaries, 460 comments) on Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 6:41:58 PM

Speaking Peace

Thanks, Mikel Paul. Much of this info came out over the summer and it bothered me so much that it took me all these months to finish writing this piece. It was a relief to get 'er done.

by Tumerica (13 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 41 comments) on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 3:59:33 PM