Posted on 05/17/2006 5:58:24 PM PDT by Coop
MATTHEWS: Draw us a picture of what happened in Haditha.
MURTHA: Well I'll tell you exactly what happened. One Marine was killed and the Marines just said we're gonna take care...we don't know who the enemy is, the pressure was too much on them, so they went into houses and actually killed civilians and...I...
MATTHEWS: Was this My Lai? When you say cold blood Congressman, a lot of people think you're basically saying you've got some civilians sitting in a room or out in a field and they're executed on purpose...
MURTHA: That's exactly what happened.
MATTHEWS: ...not because any of the Marines are scared or anybody is scared...
MURTHA: ...this was not an action...this was not...first they tried to say it was an IED, there was no IED involved in this. This was troops, they were so stressed out, they went into houses and killed children, women and children. 24 people they killed. Now this is the kind of stress they are under. Listen, I don't excuse it, but I understand what's happening and the responsibility goes right to the top. This is something that should not have happened, that should have been investigated, they've already relieved three commanding officers...but this is the kind of stuff...stress is going to cause these kind of things. That's why I'm so upset about it.
MATTHEWS: Congressman, I just want to read something from the Marine Corps and then you can continue. The Marine Corps told us today that they're not going to comment today because the investigation is still ongoing. So they're investigating...
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He's a Korean war veteran, which by itself makes him a hero in my eyes. However, like Kerry and Murtha, he has forfeited that status by publicly trashing our troops and their mission.
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Coop, thanks for the alert!!
You're quite welcome
Ya know, they found a teddy bear at Zarqawi's tomb. Perhaps in order to beat Murtha to the punch, Diana Irey could charge that the U.S. Air Force is guilty of cold-blooded murder. What do ya think? [shaking head]
No wonder Murtha wants the troops out now. This wanton cold-blooded killing of innocent stuffed animals is beyond the pale.
This morning I heard a short piece on FNC about the bombing and whoever it was said a woman and child were killed in that home as well. That's the only thing I've heard about that today, don't know if it's true.
There's been a ton of threads today about Zarq but I haven't read them. I imagine if true, the MSM and libs will be talking it up tonight and tomorrow.
But how many other children were saved by yesterday's precision strike?
Here's a piece by David Limbaugh that was pulled earlier, he rips Murtha pretty good at the end of the article.
http://www.davidlimbaugh.com/mt/archives/2006/06/new_column_surp.html#more
No argument there.
Good read, thanks
Good read - thanks!
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