I think that is why George did not push the issue, he didn't want Murtha's head exploding on the This Week stage.
Posted on 06/03/2007 10:27:39 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
ABCNews.com Video Headline: ‘Murtha Ties Foiled JFK Plot to U.S. in Iraq’ Posted by Noel Sheppard on June 3, 2007 - 13:21.
On Saturday, a NewsBusters headline asked the following question: “JFK Terror Plot: How Soon Before Media Blame Bush For Timing of Arrests?”
Well, Sunday morning, ABCNews.com actually went one better by using a statement made by John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania) on “This Week” as the headline for the video of George Stephanopoulos’ interview with the Congressman: “Murtha Ties Foiled JFK Plot to U.S. in Iraq.”
In reality, Murtha was brought on to counter the “things are getting better” in Iraq after the surge viewpoint expressed by the previous guest, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (video available here).
Yet, about one minute into Stephanopoulos’ interview with Murtha, the Congressman said (video available here):
You heard earlier where he said this incident in the United States is being driven by al Qaeda, is being inspired by al Qaeda. This is the kind of thing that is happening because of our troops in Iraq.
Amazing. So, the planned attack on New York’s JFK airport is all because America is in Iraq. And, that’s how ABCNews.com chose to advertise this ten-minute video at its website, even though the bulk of the segment was a discussion specifically about what’s going on in Iraq, and what the Democrat plans are to get troops out.
How disgraceful.
Moving forward, Stephanopoulos did ask Murtha to elaborate on his absurd remark:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, HOST: I want to get back to my first question, but let me pick up on something you said just there. You believe that these homegrown terrorist plots are being inspired by the U.S. work in Iraq right now?
JOHN MURTHA, CONGRESSMAN: Absolutely. George, they were inspired by them all over the world. Our presence in Iraq, our occupation in Iraq, gives these people the inspiration. Now, we didn’t have this problem before, they came from Afghanistan. But, now we even have it in the United States. So, I’m absolutely convinced that this is the kind of thing that inspires these people.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But we did have 9/11 before we went into Iraq.
MURTHA: Yeah, we had 9/11, but that came from Afghanistan. There was no, there was no al Qaeda in Iraq. We don’t even know how many al Qaeda are in Iraq right now. For instance, we think a couple of thousand. They’ll take care of al Qaeda. They’ll get rid of al Qaeda. Our presence is inspiring them to recruit people all over the world. This is the problem we have.
Sadly, Stephanopoulos didn’t challenge Murtha about al Qaeda having a training facility in Northern Iraq before the March 2003 invasion. Nor did he ask the Congressman about 9/11 attackers hailing from Saudi Arabia. And, there was no mention of the 2000 attack on the U.S.S. Cole, or the attacks on the U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, or the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996, or the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.
No, George didn’t challenge Murtha at all on any of these past events. Instead, he moved on to what the Democrats were going to do to get troops out of Iraq, and the powers that be used Murtha’s statement about the JFK plot being tied to Iraq as a video headline at the news division’s website.
How disgraceful.
Fat traitor bastard.
USA OUT OF TRINIDAD NOW!!!!
Liberals don’t seem to remember we had many serious terrorists attacks prior to Iraq. The problem is not Iraq, the problem is Israel, but Liberals are afraid to come out against the existence of a Jewish Israel. Arabs will hate us as long as there a Jews in Israel.
It's just unbelievable how much mileage they try to get out of that basic "there was no al Qaeda in Iraq" trope.
Sooner or later that fat f—k Murtha will keel over from an aneuryism, and America will be all the better for it.
What Paul said and what Murtha said are not even related.
This ABSCAM mendacious adipose-endowned anal orifice opens aforementioned bodily egress.
Murtha effah!
Murtha’s “handlers” had to work through the whole night to get ol’ Jack on message on this one.
But they came through. Apparently this will play well in the establishment media.
Nothing to see here, folks. Just the Bush Administration pulling some bluster and fancy footwork, trying to re-create the circumstances that surrounded the events of 9-11.
(Is the “/sarcasm” tag REALLY necessary?)
I think that is why George did not push the issue, he didn't want Murtha's head exploding on the This Week stage.
What a turn-coat punk.
Okay Traitor Murtha, which one of these explains why it came before from Afghanistan?
(A) George W. Bush's administration did something between January 20, 2001 and September 10, 2001 that caused Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to attack us on September 11, 2001.
or
(B) Bill Clinton's administration did something between January 20, 1993 and January 19, 2001 that caused Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to attack us on September 11, 2001.
You have 30 seconds to answer.
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Murtha needs to be kicked in the head!
This is the kind of thing that is happening because, as Tom Tancredo stated so accurately:
It’s not in all the news accounts, but this plot was first hatched TEN YEARS AGO. Murtha apparently can’t count.
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