Rummy returns to lie about Tillman murder

I'm so delighted to see that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has crawled out from under his rock to mislead Congress and the American people regarding the Pentagon's cover-up about the death of Cpl. Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.

Here is Rumsfeld's opening statement:

On its face, Rumsfeld's comments sound sincere and heartfelt. Of course, we have strong reason to suspect otherwise. There is increasing evidence that the Pentagon and the Department of Defense knowingly lied about the circumstances surrounding Cpl. Tillman's death. The lies and cover-up served two purposes: 1. To maintain and build public support for the war on terrorism, and 2. To conceal the real truth - that Tillman was killed by Friendly Fire. Even more troubling, there is mounting evidence that he was murdered by a U.S. soldier(s).

Rummy's opening statement is little more than PR boilerplate, but then again, we are used to hearing that from him, because from the beginning of the Bush presidency until his departure from the Pentagon in December of last year, we heard little else from him.

By the way, I love Rummy's use of the word fratricide. The appropriate term in the case of Tillman, would be murder, but that would be unacceptably honest for a guy like Rumsfeld.

Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that no one will be held adequately accountable for this national, inexcusable disgrace and cover up? I mean, it's not like appropriate people haven't been held accountable before in this administration for misdeeds, right?

h/t to PoliticsTV for the video clips