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Representative Jack Murtha: A Bold Congressman

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Representative Jack Murtha: A Bold Congressman

Why do some dislike Murtha

A few days back I got a bitter lesson in how divicive Jack Murtha has become to some conservatives. The fact remains that Rep Jacj Murtha has a track record of being pro military and is a ranking member of the Armed Forces Committee. Rep Murtha has served as the former chairman of the Defence Appropriations Sub Committee. He voted in favor of the War and when he realized that the war is only putting US soldiers to needless risk, Murtha has changed his mind. He is not a peacenik as some right wing bloggers have maintained nor is he a mindless liberal. Such phrases are now coming out in torrents from frustrated neoconmen who just cannot understand that the Iraq War has not yielded any of the results that the establishment hoped for.

The folks who are yelling against Jack have completely forgotten the fact that Rep Jack Murtha has been a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. He was awarded the purple heart and was wounded twice in combat. Some people who seem to think that abuse is a sustitute for argument have forgotten that Rep Jack Murtha was a Lt Col in the Second Marine Division and was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. It is essential to draw attention to this point because some rightwingers are questioning the very patriotism of Rep JacK Murtha ignoring the fact that both Dick Cheeny and his boss did not serve in war while Jack did. One may disagree with a political figure but to caricature him as a far left loony is utterly despicable and bespeaks of an intolerance that is almost totalitarian.

Now the fact of the matter is that on November 19, 2005 at Haditha in Iraq the Marines killed aound 30 innocent Iraqi civilians in cold blood. The Commanded of the 3rd Battalion of the I st Marines, Lt Col Jeffery Chessani has been relieved of his command and 3 Marine Corps officers are under investigation. The incident was widely known all over the world but the Pentagon chose to cover up the incident until the cover was blown. The story put out by the Army was that on the 19th of November, a road side bomb went off at Haditha killing one marine. In the fire fight thaat followed some civilians were killed. In reality, the Marines went completely berzerk and killed civilians some of whom were cowering in fear under their beds. Only an 8 year old girl survived to tell the truth and bear wittness to the holocaust oin Raditha. Murtha has maintained that"Our troops have become the primary targets of the insurgency" and wants them back home. A patriotic and sensible point of view not a lunatic nut that some of our fellow bloggers have made him out to be. He has also stated that the US troops are " poorly equipped and demoralised.".

The fact of the matter is that the Bush-Blair deception on Iraq has become unstuck and this Jack Murtha, a hawkish ex marine has the guts to tell the truth to power. As he himself put it" I like guys who got five deferments and have never been there and then send people to war and then dont like suggestions about what needs to be done".

Thre is enough Kack Murtha bashing. He is a proud patriot who does America proud.

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ONCE AGAIN THE MARINE CORPS DOES NOT DO COVERUPS, the Marine Corps puts it's Dirty Laundry on display.

This is the whole point of the Hditha Incident. Why did the Pentagon according to Gen Pace receive info about the incident only in Feb 2006. In any case even the White House admits that there is more to this than meets the eye.

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Lets remember Murtha's biggest CRIME is he has convicted these men with no trial, and his blathering on about this incident is being shown all over the Arab world, carefully cut and edited in order to condemn not just the entire corps but the American people.

Murtha should be ashamed of his self.

This is just too off the wall. You have a House of Representives member who has expose what is in every respect a horrible atrocity, and then you say that Murtha should be made to step down. By the way the Arab Media is not giving the Murtha story any play, and they are sticking to the line that Haditha is just one of several such incidens.

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