Posted on 01/18/2006 12:41:31 PM PST by balch3
Edited on 01/18/2006 12:45:51 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
IT should come as no surprise that an arch-conservative Web site is questioning whether Representative John Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has been critical of the war in Iraq, deserved the combat awards he received in Vietnam.
After all, in recent years extremist Republican operatives have inverted a longstanding principle: that our combat veterans be accorded a place of honor in political circles. This trend began with the ugly insinuations leveled at Senator John McCain during the 2000 Republican primaries and continued with the slurs against Senators Max Cleland and John Kerry, and now Mr. Murtha.
Military people past and present have good reason to wonder if the current administration truly values their service beyond its immediate effect on its battlefield of choice. The casting of suspicion and doubt about the actions of veterans who have run against President Bush or opposed his policies has been a constant theme of his career. This pattern of denigrating the service of those with whom they disagree risks cheapening the public's appreciation of what it means to serve, and in the long term may hurt the Republicans themselves.
Trying to convince Bushbots is a waste of time here...you have to agree with neocons 100 percent of the time or you're, in their opinion, one of the RATS. Despite the fact that George 43 has admitted that he only met the absolute minimum qualification of his NAG commitment in his last two years for "good years"; he is somehow a hero while authentic military heroes like John McCain, James Webb, Bob Kerrey, and, yes, even John Murtha are traitorous cowards.
Of course the criticism is fueled mainly by the shrill neocons who never spent one second in a uniform of their country: i.e. Rush Limpbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, et al.
You smear the President and some of our leading conservative commentators with that post. Are you sure you're on the right forum?
What smear? If truth is a smear, then I'm guilty...Bush, himself, reported that he quit his Texas ANG group and transfered to Alabama where he did not fly and met only the minimum requirements (60 points/year) so he could aid an politician running in a Senate race. Neither Hannity, Limbaugh or Savage were in the service...now, if you have factual evidence otherwise, I would be glad to hear it. \
LOL, their still sore over losing Kerry for their CIC, and losing Saddam and Sons, who were entirely innocent, minding their own business, and promised to never, ever, produce or use WMD again!
Hear hear.
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