Giving a ton of leyway to Murtha (being a fellow US Marine), his diengeuous statements are truly his current ideals and he's justified them to himself in some convoluted form of anti-government rhetorical posturing.
Which brings into question his sanity.
Concurrently, his Purple Hearts coming into focus seems like simple copy cat political attacks left over from sKerry.
Joe, I suspect the good Colonel has a very serious drinking problem. Even old farts like myself don't look like Murtha unless we imbibe a good 1-2 jugs a day.
Just a thought.
"Concurrently, his Purple Hearts coming into focus seems like simple copy cat political attacks left over from sKerry."
Conversely, it seems to me anyone who didn't question a posturing Democrat with Purple Hearts would be slack, given the crap with sKerry.