Tillman: "This war is so fucking illegal"

Matt Welch | September 26, 2005

This long San Francisco Chronicle article about the escalating conflict between the Pentagon and the family of slain U.S. footballer-turned-soldier Pat Tillman is worth reading in its own right, for the damning details of how the government has behaved. But there's also further evidence that he was a man who defied most stereotypes. Excerpt:

He started keeping a journal at 16 and continued the practice on the battlefield, writing in it regularly. (His journal was lost immediately after his death.) Mary Tillman said a friend of Pat's even arranged a private meeting with [Noam] Chomsky, the antiwar author, to take place after his return from Afghanistan -- a meeting prevented by his death. She said that although he supported the Afghan war, believing it justified by the Sept. 11 attacks, "Pat was very critical of the whole Iraq war."

Whole thing definitely worth a read. Thanks to reason contributor Charles Oliver for the heads-up.