Away from the uncertainty of the daily goings on in various theatres of war, away from the claim and counter claim about wedding massacres, missile strikes, hotel shellings and like, lets look at one case where the facts are largely known. The death of Pat Tillman. For anyone unfamiliar with the fairytale invented by the US Army, here is a pretty comprehensive article.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37679-2004Dec5.html
Tillman died in a friendly fire incident, the circumstances of which may simply be tragic, or more sinister, who knows. The Army however, invented a completely new set of circumstances surrounding Tillman's death and paraded them in front of the American public in a cynical
PR exercise. They even decorated him posthumously on the basis of the fabricated story. In doing so, surely called into question the credibility of any decoration ever awarded, and justifiably earned the wrath of decorated vets.
The Tillman incident is shameful. My question to you gents is this: If this litany of military lies can be concocted in regard to a high profile American citizen killed on active duty, why do you find it incredible that the Army might be tempted to tell more big fat stinking rancid lies where 40 non voting, unnamed Bedouins in the deserts of Iraq are concerned?