Are Good Soldiers Just Fragger Fodder?

Was Pat Tillman Killed Because He Was Too Good A Soldier?

Officers that are too gung ho about discipline, haircuts and "stateside crap" in a combat zone are just fragger fodder as far as I am concerned. The officers who "got it" didn't even wear insignia in combat operations in my war (Viet Nam), their leadership skills did more talking than just a symbol of rank and they didn't sweat the small stuff. If men are risking their lives in the bush every day who gives a rat's a** about spit shine? 

"Just frag em and they won't bother us no more." Or wait until the right moment in a firefight and shoot that a**hole in the back, and what with all the confusion in combat the death is blamed on the enemy. Those officers who wanted to get back to the "world" kept their mouths shut and their six covered.

Having experienced how these things work in a combat zone first-hand, and in the chaos of a rear area I think it's a distinct possibility that Pat Tillman was fragged, shot in the head by his own troops who knew he was a friendly. He might have been just too much of a straight-shooter for his comrades to tolerate, who knows? Was he to be a witness in a court martial against someone? Did he bust some snuffies for drugs or thievery?

For now it seems the Tillmans are buying into the friendly fire version but I wouldn't be at all surprised if someday it came out that he was fragged. Maybe when all involved have made general, and retired where you can't touch them, the truth will come out.

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