he had also arranged an interview with a prominent anti-war journalist for when he got back to the us.
Pat and Kevin were shipped from Iraq to Afghanistan because Pat made no secret of his opinion that war in Iraq was “illegal and unjust,” and he was, according to his brother, prepared to tell his story publicly at the first opportunity. The Tillman brothers were due for a furlough, and Kevin stated in interviews that Pat had arranged to meet with an anti-war journalist while at home. His army pals said he was really into chomsky. (google naom chomsky)
i guess he saw what was going on in afghanistan and they chose on damage limitation:
in 2000 the Taliban banned opium production, a first in Afghan history. In 2000, Afghanistan's opium production still accounted for 75% of the world's supply.
On July 27, 2000, the Taliban again issued a decree banning opium poppy cultivation. According to
opioids.com, by February 2001, production had been
reduced from 12,600 acres (51 km[SUP]2[/SUP]) to only 17 acres.[SUP]
[72][/SUP] When the Taliban entered
north Waziristan in 2003 they immediately banned poppy cultivation and punished those who sold it.
However, with the 2001 US/Northern Alliance expulsion of the Taliban, opium cultivation has increased in the southern provinces liberated from the Taliban control,[SUP]
[74][/SUP] and by 2005 production was 87% of the world's opium supply, rising to 90% in 2006.
see more here:
http://abz2000.com/criminalwarsofagression.aspx