Posted on 11/19/2005 12:11:07 PM PST by smoothsailing
That or photos of him with a young boy.
As an aside, the dims don't care about Murtha's previous military service.They secretly loathe him for it.To them, he's just a useful tool.
The media and dims talk about how the R's are "besmirching" a war hero.What nonsense.Have you heard them even mention the fact that Duncan Hunter is a Vietnam combat veteran?
Last month was the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar when Horatio Nelson used the unorthodox tactic of breaking the enemy's line of battle instead of following the entrenched "line ahead" tactics that the Royal Navy had used religiously for over a century but was by then outmoded and which had contributed greatly to the British defeat at Chesapeake Bay.
Nelson was not the first to use that new tactic. It was first used in the British victory at the Battle of the Saints in 1782 by Admiral Rodney.
Rodney, however, did not invent the tactic. The tactic was first proposed to British naval circles in January, 1780 by a certain John Clerk of Eldin, Scotland, a civilian who had never heard a shot fired in anger, had never even been to sea and who had worked out his naval tactical theories based solely on his readings, sailing a small boat in protected waters and working out his naval tactics with tabletop ship models.
The Murtha principle...imagine if it were applied elsewhere?
>>>Peaceniks would keep their mouths shut about war.
>>>Ted Kennedy and Murtha would keep their mouths shut about private enterprise, since each has spent their entire life on a public teat.
>>>If you've never been on welfare, you don't have an opinion about it.
>>>If you've never been gay, you have no opinion about gay marriage.
Dick Cheney is much more qualified, as a result of his public servive, to talk about the military than Murtha. His past aside, he's talking out his @SS and should shut up soon.
Thanks for posting this. It put into words the discomfort I have been feeling whenever anyone suggests that only those who have actually been to war should make war policy.
susie
Somebody please photoshop Murtha's head on this.No, better yet, have both heads on it!
Is this a-hole up for reelection in '06???
That, in turn, gains him the respect of our forces.He's my kind of CIC.
I believe they may loathe Murtha's military service.....but without a doubt they despise the military and they prove it with every demeaning comment, demoralizing story and defeatist tactic they can find to hurt our troops.
I have read that Murtha was against the Bosnia mission.
Yeah, he does it as one should. Let those with the knowledge and training do the job. You know Congress however, they all think they're God's right hand man.
That's a lot of "right hands."
It has always irritated me.For Murtha to even imply that a combat veteran is more qualified than any other American to talk of war is the height of arrogance.
By Murtha's standard I am qualified but you are not.What a pompous perogative.It is a direct affront to the First Amendment.
Why do we fight? Why did I fight? Among other reasons, we fight to protect our rights as a free people.
So all Americans can openly express themselves without fear.
Murtha,sadly,has forgotten what it means to be a Marine.
In any case GWB was simply not in the loop for active duty unless he would have somehow gotten into the Airforce and retrained in most probably an F4 Phantom.
That perhaps is a bit more verbose then what you asked for conformation, but that is my take on it.
Murtha is either senile, or Pelosi and the Dem leadership made some big promises to get him to speak out like this. Either way, his conduct is despicable and reprehensible and a stain on his previous service.
He's a Congressman, so yes. Has to run every two years. Senators serve for six years.
I think I'm getting that "sometimers" disease.Sometimes I remember, and sometimes I don't! LOL.
First, thank you for your service. MY FIL was a marine pilot. My Dad was Air Force. I've never heard either of them say only people like them are qualified to make policy. God Bless all of our vets and current military personel who have made it possible for ME to express my opinion, especially in the voting booth!
:)
susie
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.