John Murtha Twists History
At one time John Murtha may have been a brave marine as he fought for his country . Now he is just one of a long list of whiney Democrats who run scared every time someone mentions the word: war. Well, Mr. Murtha sometimes war is necessary for the defense of this country in spite of your spin to the contrary.
I find it hypocritical and ironic that Secretary Rumsfeld and President Bush, in their latest speeches to spin the war in Iraq, both commented that “many still have not learned history lessons,” as they drew inflammatory parallels between Nazism and today’s war in Iraq designed only to provoke unreasonable fear in the hearts of Americans.
Clearly it was the ignoring of history that got President Bush and his ideological policymakers into the quagmire that now exists in Iraq. As history dictated, it was absolutely foolish to believe that by occupying Iraq, the United States would transform the country into a beacon of American style democratic ideals. The British failed in its occupation attempts during the early 1900s. You only have to press rewind to hear the now haunting yet familiar words of a British Commander in Baghdad in 1917 say, “Our armies do not come in to your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.” After a decade of fighting with the population they had forcibly “liberated,” the British were finally expelled from what is today Iraq by a population who resented foreign occupation and control.
President George Herbert Walker Bush was obviously more astute than his son when it came to the learning of History lessons. During the first Gulf War he rejected the urging of many to march into Baghdad, fully understanding the complexities and pitfalls of such an act. President GW Bush should have spent a little more time under the tutelage of his much more insightful father.
Obviously the former marine needs to spend a little more time talking to the commanders in the field and the soldiers on the ground. They tell a different story, one in which most of the Iraqi people welcome the United States as liberators. Sure there are areas where troublemakers continue to undermine our efforts, but the people have tasted freedom and they like it. As the Prime Minister said, “Iraqis have tasted freedom and they will defend it.”
Anyone can take a few footnotes in history and twist them around to show that something will not work. I can take a few moments in history and show the United States should not be a democracy. Take for example the Whiskey Rebellion or perhaps even the Articles of Confederation. Finding examples and twisting them is easy. The hard part comes in defending your beliefs as our soldiers have done, as the Iraqi people have done. The Iraqi people have tasted freedom for the first time. They have voted for their own representatives, for the first time. They have a written constitution which guarantees individual rights, for the first time. To think that the people would voluntarily move away from these freedoms and towards some sort of Taliban like government is incredibly short-sighted. But then it seems many lily-livered Democrats are short-sighted. People like you say no war is worth fighting. People like you say no American blood worth shedding for liberty. Thank God this country still has people who are willing to give their all for this great country.
It is a shame your constituents do not know more about your views. If they knew some of the things you have done, like calling our soldiers murderers, they would most likely not re-elect you for another term. It is veterans like you who give veterans like me a bad name.
Update: I saw this post and had to include it. Apparently I am not the only one who does not think much of this Murtha guy, Common Man/Uncommon Sense has a post showing how this former marine is lost, truly lost.
Anybody who supports this guy has no business calling Bush dumb. (snip)
As a current conservative supporter I want all those that I could support held to a high standard. And even though Benedict Arnold was a Revolutionary War officer and hero, it is no compliment today to be called a Benedict Arnold. And it is no honor to be called a John Murtha. We appreciate your service and respect you for it but it doesn’t give you a get out of jail free card. I’m not voting for someone who couldn’t beat Forrest Gump at checkers.
Ouch! I never thought much of Murtha, but after reading this post, I think even less of him now.
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