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Patriotism seems to have taken over in the United States of America. In a strange way, for those of us that lived through the Viet Nam era.
Patriotism during World War II was absolutely necessary, because every man and women was needed to pull off a victory. Go back and look at some of the death totals or read about the needed supplies of men and machines.
Patriotism during Viet Nam changed, because that war dragged on and the …read more

About 99 if not 100 percent of you all heard about Pat Tillman leaving pro football to play in the military, and probably just as many of you heard about it when he died.
However, not as many of you are going to hear about a similar story
Jeremy Staat, Tillman’s former teammate in college is giving up his career to go be in the military:

SAN DIEGO (March 13, 2006) — A former college teammate of Pat Tillman is following in his footsteps, leaving a career in professional football to join the military.
Pfc. Jeremy Staat, a former defensive lineman who …read more

From the Drudge Report:

Army to open a criminal investigation into 2004 shooting death in Afghanistan of former NFL star Pat Tillman… Developing…
I believe they figured out that he was killed by friendly fire, but if I’m understanding this correctly, they could be looking into the idea that he was murdered…