Posted on 06/28/2006 5:46:21 PM PDT by xpertskir
MURTHA DOESN’T NEED TO ‘CLARIFY’ – HE NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE
(MONONGAHELA, June 28) – Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey – reacting to U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha’s press release yesterday declaring that he was “quoted out of context” regarding his recent comments stating that the U.S. presence in Iraq is a greater threat to world peace than the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and Iran – today released the following statement:
“Yesterday, Jack Murtha said he was ‘quoted out of context’ regarding his comments on the ‘threat’ posed to world peace by the U.S. presence in Iraq. He also further ‘clarified’ his comments, made ten days ago on Meet the Press, regarding a ‘redeployment’ of U.S. forces to Okinawa.
“Unfortunately, we’re still waiting for Mr. Murtha to ‘clarify’ his comments insisting that there was a deliberate cover-up by the Marine chain of command regarding events in Haditha last November. And we’re still waiting for Mr. Murtha to ‘clarify’ his comments declaring that U.S. Marines had ‘killed innocent civilians in cold blood’ at Haditha before the NCIS investigation has been completed.
“In fact, a ‘clarification’ in these matters will not be enough. What Mr. Murtha needs to do is not ‘clarify,’ but ‘apologize.’
“On May 28, appearing on the ABC News show ‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos,’ Jack Murtha was asked about the actions of Marine commanders after Haditha, ‘So you believe there was a cover-up?’ Here’s what he said:
“‘No question about it … There's no question about what happened. And the problem is, who covered it up? And why did they cover it up? Why did they wait so long? … We don't know how far it goes. I mean, it goes right up the chain of command. Right up to General Pace. When did he know about it? Did he order the cover-up? Who ordered the cover-up?’
“Last Thursday’s Los Angeles Times reported that Army Major General Eldon Bargewell’s report into whether or not there was a cover-up – which has yet to be released publicly – ‘suggests there was no deliberate cover-up by senior Marine officers.’
“Jack Murtha was wrong when he said there was ‘no question about it’ regarding a cover-up. And he was wrong to smear the men and women of our Armed Forces before the first Marine had been charged, before the first court-martial had been convened, before the first soldier had been convicted. He was wrong to act as prosecutor, judge, and jury before all the evidence was in.
“It’s nice to know that Mr. Murtha’s outrageous comment regarding the U.S. posing a greater threat to world peace than North Korea or Iran was a ‘misquote.’ But when will Jack Murtha admit he was wrong and apologize to the Marines and Marine officers he smeared?”
Dashole Walking
Pray for W and Our Troops
Time to unleash the investigation into how he directed $20 million in defenses dollars through his brother's lobbying firm. I think even the dumbest of the electorate know this stinks to high heaven..
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