Pulling the trigger
A warzone is a place of combat, there is no telling what could happen. Men and women solders die every day serving their country. A specific soldier is Patrick Tillman, he was killed in battle on April 22 2004. Believed to be killed by the enemy but later discovered, it was friendly fire that ended the ex-football player and army soldier’s life. But just because one man to a few people pulled the trigger on the shot or shots that killed Pat Tillman, does not mean they should get blamed for it.
Some people would say that it is Steven Elliot’s fault just because he could have killed Pat Tillman. Steven Elliot claims "It is possible, in my mind, that I hit him." (Steven Elliot). In another article it says, he saw arms but did not know he was signaling cease fire. (Where men win glory). So Steven Elliot may have actually shot Pat Tillman, but he did not do it on purpose and that is a part of war. Sometimes things like that happen, putting the blame on Steven would be unfair, because he was just doing what he was told and what he had trained for. The shots were from around 100ft away and it was not the easiest to see outside, anybody would have made the same …show more content…
He tried to call a cease fire but as Steven stated they saw it but did not know what it was. Some people would try to blame it on the government, but why would the government want to kill a person that they were using as an enrollment enhancer. The government only had part in the cover up of Pat Tillman’s death, so that they could try and make him look more heroic to make more people enlist into the military. Specialist Bryan O’Neal, said "I was ordered not to tell him," (New York Times). That shows that the government just wanted to keep it a secret about what actually happened so that they would not get any negative feed about it. But they were not involved in the actual murder of soldier Pat
A warzone is a place of combat, there is no telling what could happen. Men and women solders die every day serving their country. A specific soldier is Patrick Tillman, he was killed in battle on April 22 2004. Believed to be killed by the enemy but later discovered, it was friendly fire that ended the ex-football player and army soldier’s life. But just because one man to a few people pulled the trigger on the shot or shots that killed Pat Tillman, does not mean they should get blamed for it.
Some people would say that it is Steven Elliot’s fault just because he could have killed Pat Tillman. Steven Elliot claims "It is possible, in my mind, that I hit him." (Steven Elliot). In another article it says, he saw arms but did not know he was signaling cease fire. (Where men win glory). So Steven Elliot may have actually shot Pat Tillman, but he did not do it on purpose and that is a part of war. Sometimes things like that happen, putting the blame on Steven would be unfair, because he was just doing what he was told and what he had trained for. The shots were from around 100ft away and it was not the easiest to see outside, anybody would have made the same …show more content…
He tried to call a cease fire but as Steven stated they saw it but did not know what it was. Some people would try to blame it on the government, but why would the government want to kill a person that they were using as an enrollment enhancer. The government only had part in the cover up of Pat Tillman’s death, so that they could try and make him look more heroic to make more people enlist into the military. Specialist Bryan O’Neal, said "I was ordered not to tell him," (New York Times). That shows that the government just wanted to keep it a secret about what actually happened so that they would not get any negative feed about it. But they were not involved in the actual murder of soldier Pat