Not when you start out with nothing but lies.
Go to this PAGE at Military (dot) Com for an article from the Atlanta Constitution regarding the Pat Tillman death. Tillman was the Army Ranger who had enlisted after turning down a lucrative NFL contract and died during a firefight in Afghanistan. The US Army awarded him a Silver Star for some heroic deeds, but it turned out he was killed in a friendly fire incident.
The lies kept piling up and too many people knew what was going on, and now the Army is in its fourth investigation, and some heads — from generals on down — should start rolling.
The warrior code is based on honor and integrity, and there was a hell of lack of either characteristic in this story. The article indicts the Army as an institution, which may be too broad a brush, but is not an argument without merit.
It's ALWAYS harder to keep track of lies than to accept the repercussions of telling the truth.
My condolences — not that they mean all that much — to the Tillman family.
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