New Probe Into Ex-NFL Player's Death in Afghanistan

by Tony Peyser

Only now have authorities
Seriously begun to inquire
About Pat Tillman’s death
That was caused by friendly fire.

The thing about this story
That makes so many flinch
Is the same "heroic" plotline
Was applied to Jessica Lynch.

Tillman’s just another case where
An official version is busted
Is it any wonder why this war
And White House can’t be trusted?

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Tony Peyser provides poems and weekly cartoons for The Santa Monica Mirror. He was also a daily cartoonist for the L.A. Times from 1994 to 1997. You can contact Tony via email at tonypeyser@yahoo.com.

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