Excellent idea, Justa! Anyone can just click the picture below...
Posted on 12/08/2007 6:35:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I had to look up the word "conniption." I wasn't sure how to spell it, but I'm sure that the likes of Code Pink, MoveOn, and other far left anti-war groups had a collective conniption fit last week. One of their poster boys, John Murtha, quit toeing their line.
Surely what followed were the same fits of rage I've seen them have before.
In September at a Washington D.C. rally as Senator Joe Lieberman began to address a group of pro-mission vets and Gold Star Families, several members of the anti-war groups charged toward the stage with seemingly unrestricted fury, screaming with hatred, red faces, and flying spittle. Even as the police hauled them away, their venom did not subside.
Last week gave them another reason to become completely unhinged when Congressman Murtha visited Iraq and came back with a new view.
After a long run as one of the war's most vocal critic he now says the surge strategy is working. He joined a growing list of previously critical lawmakers who see the undeniable positive developments in Iraq.
That can't sit well with Code Pink or MoveOn who have counted on John Murtha to carry their Kool-Aid in Congress.
This summer and even into the fall when all metrics indicated growing and huge successes with the surge, Congressman Murtha remained absolutely adamant that it was not working.
At times he would fly off into tirades against those who saw and declared success in any aspect of the war. At one point he even let his emotions about the war override his senses when he publicly accused fellow Marines of cold-blooded murder at Haditha before an investigation was completed or charges leveled.
Now he says the surge is working.
We should welcome him back to reality with open arms.
Because the reality is that we are winning in Iraq and hope for the future has never been brighter with regards to the defeat of Al Qaeda there.
Congressman Murtha finally sees the truth of what's happening. The surge is working, there is tremendous success in Iraq, but the national leaders still need to get their act together.
He should take heart with regard to the national leaders. As reconciliation continues at the lower levels, as has now been well documented by multiple parties, it will increasingly pressure Iraq's national leaders to do the same and get their act together.
Needed pressure for reconciliation increased on the national level last week when, according to the Kuwait News Agency, a fatwa was issued by the leading Shiite cleric in Iraq, Ali Sistani, who "banned the killing of Iraqis, particularly the Sunnis, and urged the Shiites to protect their brother Sunnis." During the meeting in which the fatwa was issued, Ali Sistani was quoted as saying, "I am a servant of all Iraqis, there is no difference between a Sunni, a Shiite or a Kurd or a Christian."
If national religious leaders can take that strong of a stand for all Iraqis, surely the political leaders are capable of doing so as well.
The counter-insurgency strategy of General Petraeus, the professionalism of our troops, their hard work, and the difficult risky stand taken by many Iraqis against the various terrorist and insurgent groups have all meshed to create the environment for success.
And John Murtha finally sees it.
The flip-flop bashers now need to leave him alone. He's changed his mind based on the facts of the situation. Isn't that how and why we want our lawmakers to change their positions? Too many times politicians change views for purely political reasons. Leave well enough alone on those occasions when politics takes a back seat to the truth.
Now, two very visible questions remain on the political front here at home.
First, will Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi (whom reports say was furious with Murtha) quit playing politics with the war, finally concede that the surge is working, and reinforce success, or will they continue to play games, seeking our defeat for their own political victories?
Second, will the other Vietnam veteran to whom the left has often turned for quotes, sound bites, and solace, Senator Chuck Hagel, also concede that things are going well and finally support victory in Iraq, or will he continue to be the favored endorsee of Cindy Sheehan? If he were to finally admit success in Iraq and start voting for victory, he too would be welcomed back.
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Brian Bresnahan is a former major in the Marine Corps and served in Iraq in 2004. He now lives near Benedict and can be reached at brian.bresnahan @yahoo.com
It was ruled that he had to give a deposition and the appeals process is going back and forth. I think it stands right now that he has to give the deposition to let the judge decide if he can be called to the stand.
Things have really slowed down right now with the Haditha Marines, Red probably knows about this much better than I.
Sorry I didn’t mention that … thought it would be understood. My favorite brand of Murtha paper is, of course, the koran. ;-)
Sorry I didn’t mention that … thought it would be understood. My favorite brand of Murtha paper is, of course, the koran. ;-)
BTTT
I have noticed the Haditha pings have slowed. It has been a year. These men should have had a speedy process and enjoying life again by now.
Yep, Murtha is getting DOJ lawyers to fight the deposition order. So taxpayers are picking up the tab for Murtha’s legal bills while the Wuterich family struggles to pay their lawyers.
And all the Wuterich family is asking for is an apology.
Exactly! No surrender, no retreat!
Thank you,
And sorry I used a capital “K” for the evil book!!
Morons.
Actually, as a Christian, I feel sorry for them, they have been deceived by Mohammed and the devil for a millenium.
It IS a fight between Good and evil, and we as Christians know how the ending will be!!
That is so wrong on so many levels!
Perhaps this would be a good place to put the donation link up for the Wuterich family.
Won’t hurt my feelings one bit if he just drops backspacekey.
Not a freaking chance. Not til he apologizes profusely for what he's done to our fighting men and women -- most especially the Haditha Marines.
Well said, Star. He’s got a long way to go!
I don’t trust him as far as I could throw him. And that ain’t very far — even though I’ve been exercising! :-)
Excellent idea, Justa! Anyone can just click the picture below...
Thanks Red! Check written and ready to mail Monday morning. Seeing his face brought me to tears, once again.
"Not so fast there, Major. I'm not going to trust the sonuvabitch until I see him lying in his casket."
I agree with you. I do not trust this disgusting traitor for a moment. He has a political agenda. He puts his democrap party above the best interests of the United States of America. He can not be trusted. If it serves the democrats to drop our troops in the meat grinder, he will do it in a second and defend it to the end. He is a pig, and if his position happens to sometimes support our brave troops, then good, but it is only because it serves the democrats for the moment. I do not welcome him with open arms, I would say not to trust him, he will burn the military down the second he can do it and get positive press coverage for it on MSNBC.
Thanks for the ping, Justa.
Rush played a sound bite of Murtha’s comments last week and then talked about how Pelosi was having a fit. Murtha obviously saw with his own two eyes that the surge is working. However, Murtha has never let facts or the truth get in his way. I think he intentionally wanted to give a little payback to Pelosi.
Hmmmmm, very interesting. There was that little dust up after the last election, huh? They must be trying to usurp that vast power is supposedly controls.
You said it all.
And we are supposed to "welcome him with open arms" because he decided to utter a couple of truthful words after 5 years of lies? Blech!
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