Murtha's War Hero Status Called Into Question

cnsnews.com ^ | 1/13/05 | By Marc Morano and Randy Hall

[Radix]

Sorry to disagree with you.

It appears that Murtha would not be a member of Congress if it were not for his military record.

This guy decided to speak out on this war (which I believe is just)and he should be subject to as much scrutiny as anyone else in a debate.

His comments were subversive, and helpful to our enemies.

I think that a lot of people do not realize the implications of calling this war illegal and/or immoral. That view implies that our Troops are involved in something that is contrary to their training concerning the Geneva Convention and other treaties.

Murtha's actual military record would help with a real determination of his credibility.

[JDoutrider]

PING! Seen this???

[Wristpin]

Murtha's wounds were allegedly to his face and the scars should be visible for all to see. Look closely at a picture of him...there are no scars.

[Bob]

agh...I didn't quite state that right... it's not that the documents have no titles, it's the signatures on the documents have no titles.

No problem. I was sure that was what you were talking about.

[Old Professer]

Sounds like he was elected in a political vacuum and became popular enough to remain in office, his reputation growing with each campaign and the telling of his story.

[Old Professer]

Any disinterment is messy.

[Wristpin]

Distinguished Service Medal, Pennsylvania's highest honor, 1977.

Meritorious Service Medal, Pennsylvania's second-highest honor, 1976.

Since when are the DSM & MSM "Pennsylvania's highest military honors"?

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I agree that he is suspect.

[smoothsailing]

Thanks for the ping, brother.

Murtha has sure told alot of different versions about what should be easy events to remember.If he has a conscience, he has to be a very tormented man.

[usmcobra]

Of all the ribbons and medals that any member of our military can earn, there are two that stand out above all the rest.

The Congressional Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.

These two are rightly held in more esteem than all the rest because of what it takes to earn either of them, and just as those that have falsely claimed to have earned a Congressional Medal of Honor are vilified so also is it right to question those that may have earned a Purple Heart irregualarly or fictiously.

To do any less cheapens the awarding of the Purple Heart, it is this country's award for sacrifice, an award for painful wounds and loss of limbs and even death as a direct result of armed conflict with the enemies of our nation and it's freedoms, and should not be soiled by giving to those that cut themselves shaving or had rice enter their buttocks as a result of their own carelessness with hand grenades.

George Washington was very clear on who deserved this award , those wounded or killed in battle by the enemy and no one else, that's why due to the irregularity of Muthra's awards , they do deserve a second look.

If he is ashamed of them, then there is something about how he got them he doesn't want known.

And that is worth questioning....

[jackibutterfly]

"I, for one, found Murtha's comment that if he had his career to do all over again today he would NOT enlist in the Marine Corps to be quite shocking."

Noooo, I think he said he would NOT enlist TODAY. Two totally different things.

[tumblindice]

Lyndon B. Johnson loved to wave his Silver Star around on the soapbox.
Some wag described his decoration as "The least deserved, but most appreciated medal ever awarded."
Believe he earned the star by flying as a passenger in a cargo plane in the Pacific theater, but sure he made up with rhetoric, as a US Rep at the time, in the citation what he lacked in valor.
Kerry, same thing. He made his service an issue, like Sheehan waved her brave son's bloody shirt. It's an issue because he opened the door, not his critics.

[colorado tanker]

That's what I said. And it is shocking. The man did 37 years in the Corps through war and peace and today he'd just flip the Corps the bird???

What the heck is a Congressman and Marine Corps retiree doing trying to discourage kids from enlisting in the Corps??? I know several Marines who think the man is a disgrace.

[Gucho]

murtha : Pay attention
You have been hanging around to long with cut and run hanoi kerry


Yep, I agree.

[smoothsailing]

A picture may not be helpful.Any scarring may well be long gone.It appears that the PH's were awarded for facial "lacerations",he was treated and returned to duty probably immediately or in short order.There is apparently no record of hospitalization.

And all of that was 40 years ago.

[WakeUpAndVote]

big bump.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Hmmm. Medals for being wounded and a democrat refuses to release his records...

As Yogi Berra once said....

.."this sounds like deja vu all over again"

[demkicker]

He's got no conscious. No conscious at all. And now he's ending his pathetic career as a traitor to the military he wimped out on years ago.

Murtha's just another disgusting lying coward democrat.

[Wristpin]

I find it incredibly coincidental that Murfa and Kerry have Five Hearts between them with nary a visible limp, scar or other disability. Hmmmmmmmm.........