From the September 11, 2006 (volume 105, no. 10) issue of Sports Illustrated
article on Pat Tillman:

"he walked away from a $3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals to
enlist"
"was summa cum laude at Arizona State"
"read The Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf, the Bible and the Koran so he could
carve out his own convictions"
"had a mutual friend arrange a meeting with anti-ware leftist Noam Chomsky"

... so he wasn't stupid (summa cum laude qualifies him as not stupid)
... was most likely "liberal" in his political views (Noam Chomsky)
... was not "inexperienced" - he was trained as a Ranger
... was not "drawn from the disadvantaged" of U.S. society

Quoting Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>:

> "James B. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: They are hired or impressed
> killers and they are made up primarily of inexperienced young men drawn from
> the disadvantaged of their societies. You can dress this unpalatable fact up
> with gold braid, coloured ribbons, arcane styles of sddress and more-or-less
> fashionable clothing but the bottom line is that armies existto kill on
> command and most people whose have any reasonable alternative would rather
> not.
>
> Mr. Byrne,
>
> I have many friends in the military, every single one has a college degree.
>
> The name Pat Tillman comes to mind, but then he probably wasn't educated.
>
> -Craig

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