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Home Front: WoT
American presence in Iraq more dangerous to world peace than nuke threats from NK & Iran
2006-06-25
Guess who? He's at it again
American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to a crowd of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon.

Murtha was the guest speaker at a town hall meeting organized by U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, D-Miami, at Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus. Meek's mother, former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, D-Miami, was also on the panel. War veterans, local mayors, university students and faculty packed the Mary Ann Wolfe Theatre to listen to the three panelists discuss the war in Iraq for an hour.

A former Marine and a prominent critic of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq, Murtha reiterated his views that the war cannot be won militarily and needs political solutions. He said the more than 100,000 troops in Iraq should be pulled out immediately, and deployed to peripheral countries like Kuwait. "We do not want permanent bases in Iraq," Murtha told the audience. "We want as many Americans out of there as possible."
Who's this 'we' nonsense?
Murtha also has publicly said that the shooting of 24 Iraqis in November at Haditha, a city in the Anbar province of western Iraq that has been plagued by insurgents, was wrongfully covered up.
His knows this how exactly?
The killings, which sparked an investigation into the deadly encounter and another into whether they were the subject of a cover-up, could undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq more than the prison abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib in 2004, Murtha said. "[The United States] became the target when Abu Ghraib came along," Murtha said.
We were the target from day one in Iraq, and have been target for the last fifty years.
U.S. efforts to win over Iraqis were tarnished when it was revealed that U.S. military personnel had abused and humiliated people held at Abu Ghraib, a prison outside Baghdad.

Most in the crowd agreed with Murtha and the need to redeploy troops from Iraq as soon as possible. "I believe we are in a mess over there [in Iraq]," said Alnoor Jamal, 49, of Miami.
Posted by:Sherry

#16  You Dems are all about treason. How can you stay a Democrat when shitheads like Murtha and Kenedy are you leading lights and sedition and treason are major party planks?

Dems I would not waste pee on you if you were on fire. All Dems are fair game. Time to start treating you Dems the way you treat us. No mercy for you.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-06-25 23:51  

#15  BTW, SG - thanks for that link. It's excellent to see that solid Murtha slap-downs are making it into major PA newspapers.
Posted by: Elmusing Gritch3892   2006-06-25 22:52  

#14  "This, sadly, may be the case."

LOL, Snise Grogum7151, you take Understatement of the Day honors hands-down.

Very droll, LOL.
Posted by: Elmusing Gritch3892   2006-06-25 22:19  

#13  Because he is a retired Marine Reserve colonel who served in Vietnam, Rep. Murtha is regarded as one of the Democrats' leading strategic thinkers. This, sadly, may be the case.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06176/700770-108.stm
Posted by: Snise Grogum7151   2006-06-25 22:06  

#12  "Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist, and I'd have produced that key if they hadn't of pulled the troops Caine out of Iraq action. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers."

In 9, 8, 7...
Posted by: Ebbairong Gravising1087   2006-06-25 20:43  

#11  Why does it always go like this? Once they start down the path ultra-liberalism they always betray their country and go "over the top".
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-25 20:02  

#10  TRAITOR!!
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-25 20:00  

#9  Personally, I think Murtha's suffering from Sheehan Disease - or else he really has gone stark raving mad.

Sheehan Disease is a mental disturbance commonly found among previously little-known citizens who have craved attention for a considerable period of time. It is commonly undiagnosed until such time as the individual gains the attention they have been craving, usually via the media or after being instigated by or exposed to similarly sick individuals (known sufferers include Cindy Sheehan, Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Al Gore, Noam Chomsky, Ward Churchill, and many others), at which time it springs full-blown upon the unwitting victim.

Symptoms of Sheehan Disease include inability to focus on the subject matter of questions asked of them. Instead, the victim focuses single-mindedly on the sole topic or issue which has apparently suddenly vaulted them to fame and the attention they seek. Additional symptoms include addle-mindedness, inattention to others indicated by a slack jaw, glassy eyes, or vacant look, often accompanied by a so-called "thousand mile stare". The victim is also frequently confused by actual facts and has a marked tendency to make up facts as they go along, often with little or no attention to reality as the majority of sane people perceive it.

Sheehan Disease is classified as a mental disorder similar in nature to schizophrenia, psychopathy, or sociopathy, and can frequently lead to these other disorders as well, especially if the victim suddenly loses the attention of others that they crave so much.

Sheehan Disease currently has no cure or absolute course of treatment though several forms of treatment have been recommended (see below). It is considered highly communicable among individuals subject to short attention spans, left-wing political persuasions, communists, socialists, liberals, Hollywood actors and actresses, and Democrats in general.

Recommendations upon encountering an individual suffering from Sheehan Disease are several-fold, but include immediately vacating the area, intensive deprogramming of the victim, imprisonment in a mental ward or institution, or immediately punching the victim in the mouth. It has been shown that attempting to engage the victim in sane conversation and attempting to show them and convince them that they are wrong, sick, and/or mislead or misinformed invariably fails and leads to loud and often extreme conversations or the one of the aforementioned treatments, especially the treatment of punching them in the mouth.

Sheehan Disease appears at this time to be incurable.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-06-25 18:49  

#8  Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

"And then, from House Majority Leader, dare I say, President!"
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-06-25 18:41  

#7  U.S. efforts to win over Iraqis were tarnished when it was revealed that U.S. military personnel had abused and humiliated people held at Abu Ghraib, a prison outside Baghdad.

Somehow I think I would rather be humiliated than IED'd, decapitated, have acid thrown in my face, etc. But I'm not muslim, either.

Posted by: anymouse   2006-06-25 17:00  

#6  We must be winning of Murtha is this desperate to aid his supporters (the terrorists).
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-06-25 16:42  

#5  I picked Noam Chomsky.

Me too.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-06-25 16:12  

#4  Hope Mr. Murtha enjoys his retirement in 2007.
Posted by: DMFD   2006-06-25 16:12  

#3  Murtha? Dang, going by the headline, I picked Noam Chomsky. Does this mean I'm losing the ability to tell one nutjob from another?
Posted by: SteveS   2006-06-25 15:58  

#2  Two Meeks, one Mutha, 200+ packed in Moonbats and Alnoor Jamal the token quoter. Next paid speaking engagement is at CAIR Hq?
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-06-25 15:50  

#1  A crowd of 200? That does sound like very many...
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-06-25 15:35  

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