Posted on 01/03/2006 1:39:13 PM PST by jmaroneps37
WASHINGTON Rep. John Murtha, a key Democratic voice who favors pulling U.S. troops from Iraq, said in remarks airing on Monday that he would not join the U.S. military today.
A decorated Vietnam combat veteran who retired as a colonel after 37 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Murtha told ABC News' "Nightline" program that Iraq "absolutely" was a wrong war for President George W. Bush to have launched.
"Would you join (the military) today?," he was asked in an interview taped on Friday.
"No," replied Murtha of Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives subcommittee that oversees defense spending and one of his party's leading spokesmen on military issues.
"And I think you're saying the average guy out there who's considering recruitment is justified in saying 'I don't want to serve'," the interviewer continued.
"Exactly right," said Murtha, who drew White House ire in November after becoming the first ranking Democrat to push for a pullout of U.S. forces from Iraq as soon as it could be done safely.
At the time, White House spokesman Scott McClellan equated Murtha's position with surrendering to terrorists.
Since then, Bush has decried the "defeatism" of some of his political rivals. In an unusually direct appeal, he urged Americans on December 18 not to give in to despair over Iraq, insisting that "we are winning" despite a tougher-than-expected fight.
Murtha did not respond directly when asked whether a lack of combat experience might have affected the decision-making of Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and their former top deputies.
"Let me tell you, war is a nasty business. It sears the soul," he said, choking up. "And it made a difference. The shadow of those killings stay with you the rest of your life."
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We wouldn't want him in the military, either..........
He's too old to join anyway, isn't he?
:)
The military wouldn't have that POS.
They wouldn't want him. And yes he is too old...
John Murtha -- When Patriots Become Democrats!
Good, friendly fire is such a bad thing.
You beat me to it! I would add "FAT ASSED" POS, however!
LLS
Wouldn't meet the IQ requirements of todays military (must be greater than room temperature)...
I'll bet he'd join the French army. They share his military ideology - Unless you can fight a war without anyone getting killed, don't fight it.
I stand corrected! LOL
You are so right. He would be a lonely man, and just imagine how that would work out under fire.
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Posted by jmc1969
On News/Activism 01/02/2006 5:36:07 PM PST · 214 replies · 3,787+ views
Excellent news to the Marines as they have been quoted in response:
"Cowards cut and run, Marines never do! Finish the job."
hmmm, sounds familiar...nevermind.
He probably doesn't even know how to surrender properly, which the French would have to teach him.
Sounds to me like the man's mouth has placed him in an untenable position and now he is talking like a little boy whistling in the dark to fend of the boogie man.
She should never have backed down from citing that quote.
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