A friend came back from Iraq and when someone mentioned Pat Tillman, he said, 'Oh, that f*cking idiot who couldn't follow orders and got himself killed?'

Whatever we are being told here, they are hearing different stories over there. I don't think he 'got himself killed,' but I do think that misinformation about the events have been deliberately spread, to keep the story under wraps.

A very common theme in this political climate is to spread two or more stories, and then point to the 'controversy' to explain why the truth is so hard to find.