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Should We Demand That John Murtha Apologize to Lance Cpl. Justin L. Sharratt?
Wall Street Journal Best of the Web and others ^ | 11 July 2007 | various

Posted on 07/11/2007 2:06:36 PM PDT by JOHN ADAMS

Today's Best of the Web contains a nice item noting that the government has dropped its case against one of the Marines accused of murdering Iraqi civilians. They note that John Murtha had adopted the prosecution's view of the world and repeated the accusation, and they now ask whether Murtha will apologize.

Says the Journal: "This was the incident in which Rep. John Murtha accused the Marines of killing Iraqis "in cold blood"--a charge, as we noted in May 2006, that was self-contradictory. In November ScrippsNews reported that Cpl. Sharratt's parents were "enraged" with Murtha, who is their congressman. Perhaps it's time for him to apologize."

My question for this Board is, shouldn't there be a little agitation to propogate this very sensible request for an apology? And isn't the community of Freepers the right place for that demand to get rolling?

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 110th; apology; haditha; marines; murder; murtha; murthawatch; sharratt
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To: Girlene; darrylsharratt
Pinging Darryl Sharratt’s father

Congratulations

Your son and those in his unit are Heroes.

41 posted on 07/11/2007 7:01:50 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: JOHN ADAMS

He should resign for such slander. He is an effing disgrace.


42 posted on 07/11/2007 7:09:13 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find.)
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To: bybybill

Yes he should have to apologize. If this were a conservative the media would hound him on it. Only saving grace is that he is probably on deaths door.


43 posted on 07/11/2007 7:11:52 PM PDT by TeddyIke
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To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

I`m with you. Do you know the major towns this Rat represents? It`s letter writing time. Also, was there something wrong with the women that ran against Murtha in 06?


44 posted on 07/11/2007 8:21:03 PM PDT by bybybill (HUNT RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES, SKIN RATS IN THE FALL)
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To: TeddyIke

“Yes he should have to apologize. If this were a conservative the media would hound him on it. Only saving grace is that he is probably on deaths door.”

Rep. Murtha should go down in disgrace. He has done more to harm our country than a band of grenade lobbing terrorists. This traitor Murtha has given ammunition to our enemies, by enforcing the idea in the Muslim world that the U.S. is the Great Satan.

Murtha must apologize and then resign. If he refuses, we should send him on a mission to Haditha in which he’s dropped off in the middle of the street there and then left to explain himself to his “friends” over there.


45 posted on 07/11/2007 8:51:53 PM PDT by tcw_laj4ALL
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To: Chickenhawk Warmonger; Laverne; Girlene; Christian4Bush; All
Lest we forget just what Murtha said...


46 posted on 07/11/2007 9:09:20 PM PDT by RedRover (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: bybybill
I`m with you. Do you know the major towns this Rat represents? It`s letter writing time. Also, was there something wrong with the women that ran against Murtha in 06?

I can only answer the woman opponent question...Diana Irey, "Lardass"'s opponent last year, was just re-elected to her position in May of this year...or perhaps it was a primary...in any case, if she wins in November, or just won, she'll probably stay in that position for the next four years. All the more reason I wish she had won last November.

47 posted on 07/11/2007 9:20:18 PM PDT by Christian4Bush ("Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." Hold a hearing on that.)
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To: BallyBill

Call his office 202-225-2065 or 814-535-2642.
Jam his phone lines. It worked for the Amnesty bill.


48 posted on 07/12/2007 4:52:33 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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To: bybybill

I’m not sure which towns this turd nugget represents but I do know that Justin’s parents live in his district.

Post 13 has the contact information for Murtha. I say let’s jam the lines. Also contact your own reps and demand they call murtha out.

the good news is we’ve got Rush and Savage both speaking out now.


49 posted on 07/12/2007 6:22:54 AM PDT by Chickenhawk Warmonger (The Media Lied & Soldiers Died)
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To: Christian4Bush

Thanks for the picture.


50 posted on 07/12/2007 8:24:56 AM PDT by guido911 (Islamic terrorists are members of the "ROP", the "religion of pu*&ies")
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To: jazusamo; Girlene

you are right, I have been reading responses from his office today, everything from Silence, to he was taken out of context to it was a hypothetical.. You are right he is a lying SNAKE.


51 posted on 07/12/2007 4:02:41 PM PDT by pinkpanther111 (They were doing their jobs!!! Defend our Marines)
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To: pinkpanther111
a member of the piscivorus guttatalus horridus barbouri family

52 posted on 07/12/2007 6:41:44 PM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, NIECE)
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To: freema; pinkpanther111

LOL, freema. Now that’s a lieing Snake!


53 posted on 07/12/2007 7:03:41 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: Girlene; freema

LOL! You always got the best pix! I will say murtha don’t look that good...


54 posted on 07/12/2007 7:23:14 PM PDT by pinkpanther111 (They were doing their jobs!!! Defend our Marines)
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To: pinkpanther111; Girlene; RedRover; jazusamo; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; ...

pink, you’re not the only one who isn’t getting a response from the snake:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289032,00.html

I’d like to let everyone know about a broadcast this Saturday at 6:05 PM Central
http://www.dirkhunt.com/
I don’t know what will be covered, but I’m told it’s worth a listen.

Aside from that, I’m going to be out of the loop for a few days. Hold down the fort!


55 posted on 07/13/2007 2:58:40 AM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, NIECE)
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To: freema
More here:

http://www.letfreedomringblog.com/


56 posted on 07/13/2007 3:02:23 AM PDT by freema (Marine FRiend, 1stCuz2xRemoved, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, NIECE)
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To: freema

It’s too soon to ask that Muthra apologize, once all the Haditha Marines have been cleared of any wrong doing (and they will) Then we should do so.

In the Corps we call it “hurry up and wait” and we learn to be patient and no I don’t like waiting but the effect of being to throw all of Muthra’s accusations back at him and in his face will be worth it.

Irey 08


57 posted on 07/13/2007 3:26:05 AM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: JOHN ADAMS

No we should demand an apology from the peolpe who elected TRAITOR Murtha to congress. They knew full well what he was and instead voted for more pork.


58 posted on 07/13/2007 3:51:02 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Crush your enemies; see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women - Conan)
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To: usmcobra
CNSNews.com) - The parents of a U.S. Marine accused of killing three Iraqis execution-style in Haditha in late 2005 said Thursday they would ask Congress to censure Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for saying that the Marines "overreacted" during the incident and killed civilians "in cold blood."
"It's too late for an apology," Darryl Sharratt of Canonsburg, Pa., told Cybercast News Service after the hearing officer in the case, Lt. Col. Paul Ware, released an 18-page report recommending that all charges against Sharratt's son, Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, be dismissed because his actions "were in accord with the rules of engagement and use of force."
59 posted on 07/13/2007 6:30:15 AM PDT by concretebob (I'm NOT pro-war, I'm ANTI - TERRORIST)
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To: concretebob

It’s too early and will fall flat because of that reason.

I want him to resign in disgrace broken by his own lies and political posturing but it is still too soon to bring this sort of pressure.

God have mercy upon me for saying this but right now it is the family of one lowly Lance Corporal against a cornerstone of the Democrats in the house, we need the families of all these Marines raising their voices as one to force the issue.


60 posted on 07/13/2007 6:55:35 AM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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