[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I take it "ex" is much more derogatory?

[concretebob]

Yep..Standard rule..Once a Marine always a Marine. Thats why there are no ex-Marines.
However, the Marines I know, current and former, DO NOT advocate the policies espoused by Murtha.
And a few I have had conversations with on this topic, have expressed the same feeling.
Murtha may have finished boot camp, he may have gone in-country, but his comments now, and his acceptance of code pink accolades, does not reflect the true spirit of the Marine Corps and he has brought dis-honor on himself.