"They blew up their poster boy"

[wendybeth]

Ackk! My thread's been hijacked by Ann Coulter!

Seriously, I was so saddened when he was killed. I had no reason to believe that he was killed in any way other than the usual in wartime- by hostile fire. Then, word started leaking out as to the true manner of his death, and I felt even worse for he and his family, because by now the conservative pundits were waving his sacrifice around like a yardstick of patriotism. Crap, they were beating dissenters over the head with it. Finally, his family comes right out and tells what really happened, and we discover the Army tried to cover it up- hell, his platoon destroyed his clothing and body armor! How ****ed up is that? He did sacrifice his life, and if it was an accident, there is no shame in how it happened. So why the cover-up? We all know the answer to that one.