Murtha Flunks True or False Test: 3 statements in past week easily proven false...

BootMurtha.com ^ | 8/26/2006 | IPWGOP

[IPWGOP]

Murtha flunks true or false test
three statements in past week easily proven false

Q. Is the following Murtha statement True or False?

"...we are unable recruit the necessary volunteers
 to maintain troop levels in our armed forces."
-- John Murtha,  Aug. 23, 2006

A. It is false.

The Marines did not fall short in recruiting, as Murtha's opponent Diana Irey reports in a statement:

"According to Defense Department statistics released 13 days before he [Murtha] made his statement (available online at: DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for July), the Marines have met and in fact surpassed their recruiting and retention goals: for the month of July, the Marine Corps' recruiting goal was 2,865, but they actually recruited 3,197 volunteers -- 112 percent of their goal. For the Fiscal Year that began on October 1, 2005, the Marine Corps recruiting goal through the end of July 2006 was 23,968; during that time period, the Marine Corps actually recruited 24,300 -- 101 percent of their goal.

 

Q. Is the following Murtha statement True or False?

the recall of reserve Marines is "...just another sign
of how badly the war in Iraq is going..."
--John Murtha, Aug. 23, 2006

A. It is false.

An Associated Press article states violence last month in Baghdad dropped by 40 percent:

Violence in Baghdad has dropped by 40 percent since US and Iraqi troops entered select neighborhoods to clear out cells of Shiite and Sunni extremists, a US brigade commander said.

In the month of July in Baghdad, there were 52 violent actions a day," he [Colonel Robert Scurlock ] said. "And the two weeks since we began the operations, the attacks have dropped down 41 percent."

 

Q. Is the following Murtha statement True or False?

"I don't think there would have been an investigation
[of the Haditha Marines] if I hadn't said something."
--John Murtha, Aug. 22, 2006

A. It is false.

An investigation was already underway when Murtha spoke his prejudicial statement, "they killed innocent civilians in cold blood" at his May 17, 2006 press conference.

 

 

Murtha claims to be a friend and strong supporter of the military. But his willful mis-statements of the facts show otherwise. They reveal yet another veteran-turned-politician willing to sacrifice truth and troops for his mission of higher office.

John Murtha truly is unfit for command.

Boot Murtha.

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[IPWGOP]

We're keepin' track of Jack...

[IPWGOP]

Murtha ping...

[EagleUSA]

Just another power-mad, lying, traitorous liberal.

[samtheman]

How low you've fallen, Jack. How low you've sunk. All to be a hero to some liberal weenie friends of yours, no doubt.

[Chode]

Who am I... and WHY am I HERE???


For that matter, where the hell's here... and what's up with this basket???

[sinanju]

What I can't stand is the way his colleagues (some of whom really served in combat) allow him to get away with this s**t unchallenged. Seeing some of his antics on CSPAN it' grinds my teeth to watch him set himself up as the official Voice of the G.I. and posture and wail about how mistreated they are while posturing and wailing about their alleged atrocities and demoralization and posturing and wailing about our leadership's incompetence and callousness.

Nobody on the hill is willing to give him the smackdown and I'm almost certain that if some fellow congresscritters were willing to take him on it pop his bubble overnight.

[ChiMark]

Saving this one. You fans of Michael savage should realize he
is spouting the Murtha line of falling recruitment.

[EternalHope]

We know Murtha is a loser as a human being.

Sure hope he also loses his seat in Congress.

[RedRover]

Murtha will say or do anything to get more power in Congress. He has sold out to the Leftists just as he indicated he'd sell out to the Arabs in the ABSCAM investigation. Thanks for helping expose this rotten ex-Marine.

[IPWGOP]

What I can't stand is the way his colleagues (some of whom really served in combat) allow him to get away with this s**t unchallenged.

And the media lets him get away with this s**t unchallenged. That is pretty telling, too...

[jazusamo]

Murtha lacks the decency and integrity to even address someones criticism of him but I guess that's because he can't explain away lies.

[W04Man]

http://Vets4Irey.com

[pissant]

What a pathetic lying criminal. Get the noose.

[freema]

Ping

[usmcobra]

If Murtha was a Republican The Media would have crucified him, and made millions selling the tickets to the event.

[Just A Nobody]

What I can't stand is the way his colleagues (some of whom really served in combat) allow him to get away with this s**t unchallenged.

It is NOT going unchallenged.....only UNREPORTED!
Have you seen this before?

GOP Congressman and Former POW Rips John Murtha
CNSNEWS.com ^ | February 10, 2006 | Sherrie Gossett
Posted on 02/10/2006 10:35:03 AM PST by yoe

Amid cheers, whistles and two standing ovations, U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) took fellow Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.) and the U.S. media behind the proverbial woodshed for a verbal walloping.

"Most of you know, at the end of last year, a liberal congressman from Pennsylvania insisted we immediately withdraw our troops from Iraq," Johnson told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. "When I heard this, it made my blood boil."

"It hurt to think what the men and women in harm's way would believe when they heard the news that someone in Congress was not behind America's mission," Johnson said. "It hurt to think what the military families here at home would believe when they learned that people in Washington did not support the troops. And it hurt me to think that some people would just give up on our men and women in uniform.

"I do know what it's like to be far from home, serving your country, risking your life and hearing that America doesn't care about you," Johnson said, choking back tears.

"[Hearing] your Congress doesn't care about you.
Your Congress just cut off all funding for your war.
They're packing up and going home and leaving you."
Johnson added he was "scared to death" by such talk because years ago, he was afraid he would be left in Vietnam "forever."

"I know what it does to the mission," said Johnson,

"and so help me God, I will never, ever let our nation make those mistakes again."

Thank you Congressman Johnson - don't back down.

[jocko12]

Murtha so full of it his eyes turned brown.

[Just A Nobody]

P.S. For those that do not know.....

Johnson, without naming Murtha, compared criticism of the war and demands for withdrawal with his own experience during the Vietnam War.

You want to compare military records with Congressman Sam Johnson, al-Murthawi? Okay - you first!

1952 : Enlisted(?)as a raw recruit when he left Washington and Jefferson College in 1952 to join the Marines out of a growing sense of obligation to his country during the Korean War.
- There he earned the American Spirit Honor Medal.

1953: USMC
- Become a drill instructor at Parris Island - Selected for Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia. - Assigned to the Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

1959: Captain Murtha took command of the 34th Special Infantry Company, Marine Corps Reserves, in Johnstown.

He remained in the Reserves after his discharge from active duty

1966-67: Volunteered for Vietnam in 1966-67

He served as the S-2 intelligence officer for the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
- received the Bronze Star with Combat "V"
- two Purple Hearts
- Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry

1969-74: Pennsylvania House of Representatives

1974-Present: Elected to U.S. Congress as first VN combat veteran

1990: Retired from USMC Reserves at 58 years old

__________________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Congressman Samuel Johnson:

Johnson began his 29-year career in the U.S. Air Force,
- served as director of the Air Force Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun)
- flew with the Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying demonstration team.

In the Korean War, he flew F-86s in 62 combat missions.

In the Vietnam War, Johnson flew F-4s.
-While flying his 25th combat mission in 1966, he was shot down over North Vietnam.
- He spent nearly seven years as a prisoner of war,
- half of that time in solitary confinement.

Fellow POW Capt. James Mulligan, USN (Ret.) recalled the day Johnson was allowed to return to a joint cell.
- He walked into the room with the two other detained American officers, .....
"stood at attention with tears in his eyes, and said simply, .....
'Lieutenant Colonel Sam Johnson reporting for duty, sir'...
This after he had not talked to or directly been with an American for three full years."

A decorated war hero, Johnson was awarded
- two Silver Stars,
- two Legions of Merit,
- the Distinguished Flying Cross,
- one Bronze Star with Valor,
- two Purple Hearts,
- four Air Medals,
- and three Outstanding Unit Awards.

1991: He embarked on a new mission of service-
representing the people of Texas' third district in the United States Congress.

Johnson recounts the details of his POW experience in his autobiography, Captive Warriors.

[Just A Nobody]

What a pathetic lying criminal. Get the noose.

Your wish is my command! ;*)

[Gucho]