Pat Tillman - friendly fire

Pat Tillman - the true war hero and one of those who fight for freedom. Here's a man who walked away from a 3.6 million dollar contract and was paid less than $20,000 for his life. This man believed in the good in the United States.

He was killed by another American. By so called blue on blue or friendly fire. I learned something today. Friendly fire has accounted for 30 percent of all American losses throughout history.

"Retired Navy Admiral Winston Copeland told KCBS reporter Matt Bigler that historically thirty percent of U.S. military losses can be attributed to friendly fire.

Most Americans sadly don't realize the number is that high, but if you go back to World War II and wars gone by, it has been that high, Copeland said."

Holy crap. When the US goes to war, the army suffers about 1/3 of its losses due to people that they are standing next to. Can there be a more frightening statistic that testifies to the weakness of the human/American in "action"?

And the worst part is that there probably is no true fix for this type of problem, except to end all war. People get into the heat of battle and they just start firing their weapons. What a ridiculous state of affairs! ... the _glory_ of battle ...