I ka make ʻana o Pat Tillman, ka mea pāʻani NFL mua a me ka Army Ranger, ma Afghanistan i ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kahi pāʻani i neʻe mai ka pōʻino i ka ʻino i ka pohihihi.
ʻO ka mua ka make ʻana o Pat. No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻo Tillman i ke ʻano o ka pūʻali koa hāʻule i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka hoʻomalu ʻo Bush i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ua hōʻike mākou a pau i ka waimaka o kona ʻohana-me kona kaikunāne, hoaaloha maikaʻi loa, a me kāna hoa pūʻali koa, ʻo Kevin. ʻO ka make ʻana o Pat–e like me kēlā me kēia make hope loa i loaʻa mai kēia hoʻoweliweli weliweli ʻo Middle East escapade—he pōʻino. A laila, puka mai ka ʻino: ua puka mai ma hope o ka hoʻolewa ʻana o Pat, ua make ʻo ia ma ka lima o kona pūʻali ponoʻī ma kahi hihia o ke "ahi aloha". Ua kāohi ʻia kēia ʻike mai nā poʻe a pau ma waho o ka Pentagon a me Oval Office mai ka ʻohana o Pat. Ua mālama ʻia ʻo ia mai Kevin, e lawelawe ana ma ka pūʻali koa Pat. ʻO ka poʻe Eulogists e like me John McCain–me ka ʻike a me ka ʻike ʻole paha—ua haʻi wahaheʻe ma luna o ke kino o Pat Tillman e pili ana i ka make ma ke kaua. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Bush i kahi haʻiʻōlelo e pili ana iā Tillman ma luna o ka jumbotron ma nā kahua pāʻani pôpeku. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka Silver Star-he pono no ka hakakā, ʻaʻole ke ahi aloha. Mai ka manaʻo o kēia hoʻokele, ua make ʻo Pat no ke kumu hanohano o PR.
ʻO ka hope loa, ua puka mai ka mea pohihihi mai ka haumia. No nā mākua o Pat ʻo Mary lāua ʻo Pat, Sr. he mau nīnau i pane ʻole ʻia.
No ke aha i hānai ʻia ai lākou i ka wahaheʻe?
No ke aha i puhi ʻia ai nā lole a me nā lako o Pat ma ia wahi?
No ke aha i haʻi ʻole ʻia ai ʻo Kevin ma ke kahua?
He aha ka mea i hana ʻia i ka puke pai a Pat, āna i mālama ai me ia no nā makahiki?
No ke koi ʻana i ka poʻe noiʻi pūʻali koa, ua hele ʻo Mary lāua ʻo Pat, Sr.
I kēia manawa, ua haʻihaʻi ke kaikunāne o Pat ʻo Kevin i kona hāmau. Ua kākau ʻo Kevin i kahi ʻāpana nani e pono e puʻunaue ʻia i mua o kēlā me kēia keʻena hōʻiliʻili pūʻali koa a hoʻouna ʻia i kēlā me kēia kanaka e ʻaʻahu nei i ka lole.
ʻAʻole wau ʻae i kēlā me kēia huaʻōlelo, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka manaʻo: ʻo Kevin, e like me Pat, ke hōʻike nei i ka piʻi nui ʻana o kēia ʻāina e kūʻē i ka make ʻana o nā mīkini a me nā wahaheʻe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kona huila. Ua uku nui makou no kela mau hoopunipuni. ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻihoʻi mai i ka pūʻali i ka home.
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