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Originally Posted by Mark_Twain
You shouldn't hate him. He thought he was going to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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If that's what he believed, it was
still a senseless move. It only makes sense to fight a war that's winnable. The Taliban can't be routed by a conventional military; the Soviets tried that for 10 years and failed. Didn't Tillman know recent history?
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Then, he got shipped to Iraq instead. By the time he finally got to Afghanistan he was quite jaded, but as you know, you just can't up & quit the Army just because you disagree with your deployment.
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He shouldn't have joined in the first place.
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So he did the honorable thing, and soldiered on, knowing damn good & well that W.'s administration was a farce. I think he just learned his lesson too late.
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While his NFL colleagues learned their lessons early on.