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Lawmakers see 'wake-up' call in shootings(John Murtha's double standard)
The Hill ^ | 11-8-09 | Jordy Yager

Posted on 11/09/2009 2:14:54 PM PST by smoothsailing

Lawmakers see 'wake-up' call in shootings

By Jordy Yager - 11/08/09 12:59 PM ET

Defense Appropriations Chairman Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.) said he had visited the medical processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, that was the scene of the sporadic shooting earlier this week and could see how it would be vulnerable to attack.

“I was out at Fort Hood at that very location maybe six months ago and people were lined up and bunched up and I can see how it would be a target, and I can see how that many people could be hurt by one person,” Murtha told The Hill, adding that “it’s easy to criticize the element of what might have happened and I just think we don’t know enough about it.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: pcshooter
That's a far cry from Murtha's words in May of 2006 before the Haditha Marine's investigation had been completed, before any charges were brought, and any verdicts rendered...

"There was no firefight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood," Murtha said.

1 posted on 11/09/2009 2:14:54 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: jazusamo

Murtha Watch Ping!


2 posted on 11/09/2009 2:15:50 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Hey Murtha: STFU, asshat!


3 posted on 11/09/2009 2:20:24 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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4 posted on 11/09/2009 2:20:55 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: smoothsailing

Murtha is an idiot.


5 posted on 11/09/2009 2:21:08 PM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: smoothsailing
That's a far cry from Murtha's words in May of 2006 before the Haditha Marine's investigation had been completed

Is it ever!

The despicable Murtha couldn't wait to condemn our Marines but now he promotes Obama's ridiculous line that it's too soon to tell about an Islamic terrorist that kills and wounds about fifty Americans.

6 posted on 11/09/2009 2:26:42 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: smoothsailing

It is different but it is just as vile. Murtha didn’t see chit
OR what kind of asshole would see it and not comment. If it was that clear to Murtha then he is partly responsible for not speaking up

he is a pos


7 posted on 11/09/2009 2:31:28 PM PST by RWGinger
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To: smoothsailing
"I can see how it would be a target, and I can see how that many people could be hurt by one person,”

Yea, and there are several hundred thousand other places in the USA any day of the week where people are similarly lined up for various reasons. What a moron. They need to turn their attention to avoiding having that one hate driven person from being around all those people standing in lines.

The warning signs were plentiful with this jihadist, but bureaucratic PCness prevented any objective evaluation of the murderer's pattern of behavior.

8 posted on 11/09/2009 2:35:41 PM PST by Will88
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To: smoothsailing

When will this be called a “war crime” or “treason”?

Right now, they don’t even want to call it “terrorism”.


9 posted on 11/09/2009 2:45:40 PM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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..people were lined up and bunched up and I can see how it would be a target, and I can see how that many people could be hurt by one person,...

Kinda like the House of Representatives, huh?

10 posted on 11/09/2009 3:21:50 PM PST by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: smoothsailing
..people were lined up and bunched up and I can see how it would be a target, and I can see how that many people could be hurt by one person,...

Kinda like the House of Representatives, huh?

11 posted on 11/09/2009 3:22:03 PM PST by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: TexasRedeye

Ooops, excuse the hiccup!


12 posted on 11/09/2009 3:22:51 PM PST by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: a fool in paradise

The media attempted to give Obama and his Islamic sensitivities cover by calling it first “pre-PTSD” and then “secondary trauma”. They also tried the “harassment” and “fear of deployment” theories.

Since nobody in their right mind is buying any of that pc crap, I suppose we’ll be hearing next about the “depraved childhood” or “rejected by women” scenarios.


13 posted on 11/09/2009 4:23:17 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: TexasRedeye
Ooops, excuse the hiccup!

LOL! Sneak up behind your computer and startle it with a loud noise, that might work! ;-)

14 posted on 11/09/2009 4:30:16 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: jazusamo

The man has no character or integrity, he sold his soul long ago.


15 posted on 11/09/2009 4:33:09 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
Oh, I get it now.

The problem was letting people line up or assemble in a crowd. It's a good thing we can firmly rule out Islamic terrorism and get down to the real issues here! /s/

16 posted on 11/09/2009 4:49:53 PM PST by Gritty (Our diversity, not only in our Army, but our country, is a strength-Gen George Casey, post Ft Hood)
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To: Will88
The warning signs were plentiful with this jihadist...

Hasan told Army colleagues that infidels should have their throats cut, yet Murtha says "I just think we don’t know enough about it.”; and Obama warns us not to “jump to any conclusions.”

17 posted on 11/09/2009 5:21:00 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

I’ve been waiting for this. My God.


18 posted on 11/09/2009 8:02:15 PM PST by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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To: smoothsailing

“What’s your major mallfunction, numbnuts? Mommy didn’t hold you right?”

And they were floating the “rejected by women” scenario on the day it happened.


19 posted on 11/10/2009 8:38:01 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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