Posted on 06/25/2006 7:44:31 PM PDT by MESHUGAMIKEY
Murtha says U.S. poses top threat to world peace
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.25.2006 MIAMI American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to an audience of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon. Murtha was the guest speaker at a town hall meeting organized by Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, D-Miami, at Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus. Meek's mother, former Rep. Carrie Meek, D-Miami, was also on the panel. War veterans, local mayors, university students and faculty were in the Mary Ann Wolfe Theatre to listen to the three panelists discuss the war in Iraq for an hour. A former Marine and a prominent critic of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq, Murtha reiterated his views that the war cannot be won militarily and needs political solutions. He said the more than 100,000 troops in Iraq should be pulled out immediately, and deployed to peripheral countries like Kuwait.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/attack/135159.php
16 May, 1918 The U.S. Sedition Act
United States, Statutes at Large, Washington, D.C., 1918, Vol. XL, pp 553 ff. A portion of the amendment to Section 3 of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917. The act was subsequently repealed in 1921.
SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements,
These idiots and their political solutions. Neville Chamberlain and his political solutions. At last, there will be peace in our time.
Sedition? Don't you think that's a reach?
Senility is not a crime.
Hate to play the devil's advocate here, esp. as Murtha is slime, but;
- The words "at war" have a specific Constitutional meaning, which are not applicable to the present state of affairs.
- "America is the biggest threat to the world" is stupid and ignorant and asinine. But it is false? I do not believe opinions, however misguided they are, are true or false, given their subjective nature.
We're doing just fine by reminding people how much of a coward and an embarrassment Murtha is, there's no need for anything else.
Yeah, whatever. I call you on being over dramatic and you call me names. I shouldn't have wasted my time replying to you.
I'm with you there 100%.
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