[BoBToMatoE]

I think this approach will backfire. Best to deal with Murtha in the present, not the past.

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Correct. Engage him on his ideas.

[Wristpin]

think this approach will backfire. Best to deal with Murtha in the present, not the past.

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Correct. Engage him on his ideas.

The only problem is we have 160,000 troops over in Iraq that Murfa has made every hour more dangerous for them. Then there is the message of weakness and division that Iran and our other enemies hear. Murfa's military service allows him to stake out the high moral ground and shriek his unamerican BS! If he misrepresented his service record he needs to be knocked off the hill.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

I think this approach will backfire. Best to deal with Murtha in the present, not the past. --- Correct. Engage him on his ideas.

That is because neither one of you were there or have ever been shot at in combat....

[El Gato]

Correct. Engage him on his ideas.

The problem is, he's using his wounded Vietnam Veteran status to lend credibility to his "ideas". Or at least others are using his supposed record that way. If the record is false, that not only discredits him, but also his ideas. You can't separate the two that neatly.