Former Tillman Teammate Headed to Iraq

[JLB]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6592988?need=prefs

HONOLULU (AP) - A former NFL player who joined the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman, who died in Afghanistan, was heading for the war in Iraq Tuesday night

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Staat, a former defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams who had been playing Arena Football, was one of 300 Marines in the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment being deployed from Kaneohe Bay. The unit is expected to be in Iraq for seven months.

"The way I look at it, we're spreading freedom, and you have to support the troops and you have to support the war," Staat, 29, told KITV in Honolulu on Tuesday as he prepared to leave from Hawaii. "You can't just tell some Marine who just lost his buddy that we supported you but not the war, because in that case you're basically saying that Marine, his buddy, just died for nothing. We're one team."

[uppy]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6592988?need=prefs

HONOLULU (AP) - A former NFL player who joined the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman, who died in Afghanistan, was heading for the war in Iraq Tuesday night

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Staat, a former defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams who had been playing Arena Football, was one of 300 Marines in the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment being deployed from Kaneohe Bay. The unit is expected to be in Iraq for seven months.

"The way I look at it, we're spreading freedom, and you have to support the troops and you have to support the war," Staat, 29, told KITV in Honolulu on Tuesday as he prepared to leave from Hawaii. "You can't just tell some Marine who just lost his buddy that we supported you but not the war, because in that case you're basically saying that Marine, his buddy, just died for nothing. We're one team."


Nice post

[Green Lantern]

Spreading freedom...

[Ru]

It seems like Pat's intellectual prowess didn't quite rub off on this guy.

[JLB]

It seems like Pat's intellectual prowess didn't quite rub off on this guy.

You think this guy is pretty stupid is that it?

[Ru]

I think he definitely doesn't understand Pat's views on this conflict and using empty headed phrases like "spreading freedom" tells me that he isn't the brightest bulb so to speak.

[JLB]

I think he definitely doesn't understand Pat's views on this conflict and using empty headed phrases like "spreading freedom" tells me that he isn't the brightest bulb so to speak.

He doesn't sound like he's fighting for the right reason is that it?

[Ru]

Well, if you're going to reference Pat Tillman as your inspiration for enlisting and then spout the exact types of cliched and empty rhetoric on which Tillman called bullshit, then I would say it's pretty clear that he doesn't understand or is unable to understand what Pat was trying to say.

[JLB]

Well, if you're going to reference Pat Tillman as your inspiration for enlisting and then spout the exact types of cliched and empty rhetoric on which Tillman called bullshit, then I would say it's pretty clear that he doesn't understand or is unable to understand what Pat was trying to say.

So you agree with what Tillman went to war for but not this guy.
What were Tillman's reasons to serve as you can best recall?

[Ru]

What is this, question and answer period? You know the story or if you don't then do a Google search. I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for. His motives for going and his opinions and statements regarding his extreme displeasure for the "****ing illegal" war in which was participating are well documented.

[JLB]

What is this, question and answer period? You know the story or if you don't then do a Google search. I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for. His motives for going and his opinions and statements regarding his extreme displeasure for the "****ing illegal" war in which was participating are well documented.

Thanks Ru.

[JoeMama]

Well, if you're going to reference Pat Tillman as your inspiration for enlisting and then spout the exact types of cliched and empty rhetoric on which Tillman called bullshit, then I would say it's pretty clear that he doesn't understand or is unable to understand what Pat was trying to say.

Exactly.

[EricStratton]

Lets hope the guys in this guys company have better aim or eyesight then the guy who put three in Pat's skull.

[coastal]

Lets hope the guys in this guys company have better aim or eyesight then the guy who put three in Pat's skull.

Think about that...

three of em'... right in his skull.

[uppy]

Lets hope the guys in this guys company have better aim or eyesight then the guy who put three in Pat's skull.

Think about that...

three of em'... right in his skull.


:n4clapping:

Thats something to think about......

:partysmilies:

sleep well......enjoy

[TRIPLE P]

You can't just tell some Marine who just lost his buddy that we supported you but not the war, because in that case you're basically saying that Marine, his buddy, just died for nothing. We're one team."

He did.

[TRIPLE P]

Think about that...

three of em'... right in his skull.

If i was gonna murder someone thats how I'd do it.

[JLB]

If i was gonna murder someone thats how I'd do it.

We are friends right? :D
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