Murtha "war" record

[Past Your Eyes]

I want one. In fact, send me a dozen.

[sweetiepiezer]

BTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TexasPatriot8]

What a crock. And Murtha claims to have been in the military for basically 37 years but he's really been in for three years, and just one year in Vietnam as a staff officer. And along with Congressman Don Bailey stating the fraud of Murtha's Purple Hearts, Murtha's whole justification for criticizing the war in Iraq because he's a "war veteran" is thin at best. If it was any thinner it would be one sided.

[Nam Vet]

A sh!tbird that turned on Marines.

You've summarized my thoughts about Murtha rather succinctly. When I get started on these idiots I'm always afraid I'll step over the line.

Nam Vet

[do the dhue]

ping

[TexasPatriot8]

If he was as "active" in Korea as he was in Vietnam, I wouldn't lean much on those three years in Korea. If he was just a staff officer there too, what's it matter if he was there? That's not combat either. Four active duty years is a far cry from the 37 years he claims to have served in the military. And Congressman Bailey's comments about Abscam and Murtha admitting his Purple Hearts are a fraud are the most damning thing.

The guy Dick isn't the one that sent it to me, I got it from a friend Ron, who served several tours in Vietnam, NOT as some staff officer. He does a pretty thorough job of fact checking before sending things along. His son is in Iraq right now and has been most of the past two years.

Given the lies that have already been exposed about Murtha, and now this with Abscam and knowing he was a hairs bredth away from being indicted himself, I don't see why anyone should give him anything, especially since he went over to Vietnam ONLY to be a staff officer. The only bravery that took was to be brave enough to take the battery of shots to protect fromm malaria, etc. Anyone can do that.

[shalom aleichem]

Please ping me with the links to this info on Murtha. I'm sure Coop would also appreciate it as he is keeping track of Murtha for the Irey campaign. Thanks. Semper Fi

[nopardons]

bttt

[TexasPatriot8]

You're welcome. It was the first I had heard of it and didn't see anything like it on FR yet so I thought it might be a good idea to post it. I hope it helps to pop the ballons of the Murtha libs who prop him up as some great war hero. Him and John Kerry. With war heros like them, you sure don't have any room left for out and out treasonous traitors who admit to it.

[deport]

He enlisted in the Corp in 1952. He wasn't an officer in Korea. The guy has enough baggage without screwing with his military record.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

I'm always afraid I'll step over the line.

You sir, have never stepped over the line.

[Henchster]

Jack Murtha was an unindicted co-conspirator in the ABSCAM scandal-sting almost 30 years ago.

Does anyone really think he has gotten LESS sleazy over three decades?

[TexasPatriot8]

Will Coop send this to the Irey campaign to see if it could help her sink him? That would be great if it can! :)

[TexasPatriot8]

Well, according to Congressman Bailey, Murtha did plenty of screwing with his own war record and doesn't need any help from anyone else.

[do the dhue]

"And what is Jack Murtha?"
A lying, liberal POS.

Murtha is a traitor. Dean is a traitor. The rest of the leaders of the DNC are traitors. The NY Slimes is a traitor.

This is why I call these people traitors:

Our Troops in Iraq are trying to build a relationship with the Iraqi people. We are asking them to be Police and Soldiers. We are asking them to Govern their own nation. We are asking them to show us where the bad guys are. Then Hack Murtha, Coward Dean, and a mess of other commie traitors stand up and yell, 'we need to pull out of Iraq!!! YEEEEHAAAAW!!!!'.

Well this makes the Iraqi Government, the Iraqi Police, the Iraqi Soldiers, and especially the Iraqi people who would like to show us where the bad guys are think twice about helping our Troops. Now, let's not forget that the terrorist threaten the Iraqi people by saying, 'if you work with the US we will kill your family'. Then when we ask the Iraqi people to help and the Iraqi people are hearing our politicians back home yelling, 'we need to pull out'. Who would you work with if you were in that situation?

The Iraqi people know that Al Quada in Iraq are not talking about pulling out. We all know that a US early withdraw is exactly what the terrorist in Iraq want. All good people know that if we withdraw now the terrorist will survive. And it don't take an genius to figure that out. Because of Murtha and Dean's words and actions, the Iraqi people will think twice about helping our Troops. The words of Murtha hurts our cause and helps the terrorist. That is treason. Therefore, Demorats like Kerry, Kennedy, Dean, and Murtha are traitors.

The NY Slimes disclosed how we track the money the terrorist are using. They also blew the listening to terrorist story. These WERE tools that we used to catch terrorist. The Times actions hurt our cause and help the terrorist. They are terrorist traitors.

If you have the damn freedom to act like a traitor then by inalienable rights, I should have the right to call you a frickin' traitor!

[Pukin Dog]

If Irey is as smart as I think, she wont touch this. People need to be ABSOLUTELY SURE before making these accusations. If people on our side go off on Murtha and are not 100% accurate, it could be a total disaster. Irey should leave this alone until or unless complete verification through Murtha's records can be obtained.

[Joann37]

And contrast the MSM's scrutiny of Murtha with that of Bush, esp. during the last election. They even went after Bush's dental records, from what I remember.

Yet the "little" detail about Murtha being out of the Marines for 40 years escapes them, while they go on with this charade of his "war hero" status. Unbelievable.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/abscam.htm

[Riley]

If Irey is as smart as I think, she wont touch this. People need to be ABSOLUTELY SURE before making these accusations. If people on our side go off on Murtha and are not 100% accurate, it could be a total disaster. Irey should leave this alone until or unless complete verification through Murtha's records can be obtained.

That's good thinking, and good strategy. And, it bears repeating.

[AbnSarge]

1) According to your interpretation, I only have about 5 1/2 years of service, including 4 years active Marine Corps and the year of combat duty in Iraq I just returned from. The 20 years as an infantryman in the Army National Guard just don't count? Don't underestimate the time, dedication, work and training reservists put into their careers, which cost a great deal of time away from home and family. I will also say without hesitation that my National Guard company operated at or above the level of most actve duty units we were around while in Iraq.

2) Murtha was also awarded the Bronze Star with V for Valor, and the Marines are notoriously chintzy about giving out awards. A good S2 does NOT spend all his time sitting behind a desk, by the way.

I have no use for Murtha, his politics, or what he has been doing lately, but there's plenty to attack him for without distorting his military record.