Posted on 04/15/2010 11:06:16 AM PDT by gitmogrunt
The Navy's decision to name a ship for the late Rep. John Murtha has outraged some critics who have not forgiven the Pennsylvania Democrat for accusing U.S. Marines of murdering Iraqi civilians "in cold blood" five years ago.
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In this April 16, 2008, file photo, Rep. John Murtha speaks in Washington. (AP Photo) The Navy's decision to name a ship for the late Rep. John Murtha has outraged some critics who have not forgiven the Pennsylvania Democrat for accusing U.S. Marines of murdering Iraqi civilians "in cold blood" five years ago.
The Navy is naming its newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport-dock LPD 26 for Murtha, the powerful chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee who became an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq war.
Murtha died in February at age 77 after complications from gallbladder surgery.
San Antonio-class ships support Marines and can carry roughly 700 troops, their equipment and vehicles. They are usually named after cities; the USS Murtha will be a break from that tradition.
The Washington Times denounced the tribute to the powerful congressman, a former Marine Corps officer, in its editorial on Thursday.
"This is a slap in the face to every service member who bridled when Murtha publicly accused Marines in Iraq of intentionally killing women and children in cold blood," the editorial reads.
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This is frigging nuts.
I’m OK with this so long as it’s just a Garbage Skow.
A fitting name for a garbage skow or something that goes around pumping out the crappers on “real” ships.
SOB!
It’s gonna have a reefer full of pork.
USS Benedict Arnold
How about USS Jeffrey Dahmer or how about, “I’m a plank owner of the USS Charlie Manson?”
“Why not name a Federal Building for Sandy Berger?”
And a sewage plant after Ted Kennedy?
And the contents after Obama?
“Why not name a Federal Building for Sandy Berger?”
R O T F L M A O !!
Does the navy own a garbage scow??
Not to mention his willingness to sell us out to the Arabs ala ABSCAM.
Whose stupid idea was this. Murtha’s name should be given to a bottom-feeding garbage scow.
Is the Navy really that hard up for money that they have to name a ship after a POS so they can get more?
LOL! Good one, although you shouldn’t have hotlinked it, it eats up my photobucket account bandwidth.
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