Congressman Murtha dead

[Birddog1911]

Okay, I'll give him some points for his time as a Marine...

Hey, that's the only nice thing I could say!

[cebeu]

I'll honor the service, I'm obligated. Never the name, never the man and little to nothing he stood for since ~1975. No tears here.

[Jer]

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

[Bailey Guns]

"...and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood." - John "Jack" Murtha on the conduct of Marines in Haditha.

Murtha ridiculed Dick Cheney for not serving in the military and chided him for his "5 deferments". I don't recall him ever criticizing Bill Clinton, BHO or any other democrat for not serving.

He claimed in his book he served in Korea...he never did. His two Purple Hearts are surrounded by controversy and there are some pretty credible claims by a very close friend and colleague in congress (Don Bailey-PA) that the (extremely minor) injuries he sustained (scratches and bruising at worst) were fabricated for political gain.

Personally, I don't believe military service is always done for honorable reasons (uummmm...think John Kerry) and just because someone served doesn't make them honorable or give them a pass for their actions (Malik Nadal Hasan). I think he's one of the very few "former" Marines. I'll never forgive him or forget how he treated those guys from Haditha.

Good riddance to "cut n run" Murtha. Maybe our country got a little safer today.

[ronaldrwl]

1 less obstacle

[buffalobo]

Mark Twain - "I did not attend the funeral, but I did send a note saying I approved of it."

[Mtn.man]

I have NO posititve comment.

[sniper7]

no comment on this one either way