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Interesting on what’s become of Congressman Murtha, who spent less time in Vietnam than I did—although granted, he was military, unlike me, and knew how to play that old “war hero” card so very, very, very useful in U.S. politics. He’s become the Democrats’ go-to drama queen on questions of war and peace and how to attack Bush (who once snubbed him, according to reports.)

It’s the media-enabled theatrics which are so suspect. If there is a criminal case against these young Marines—and let’s assume there is, without knowing all the facts—the Marines will court martial accordingly. Everyone knows that. Murtha the Old Marine has to know that. Yet now he seems increasingly like a deranged old grizzly,improperly medicated, as he keeps chewing on that chewed-up bone (but not too deranged to enjoy the media spotlight and adulation from the grateful who wouldn’t be caught dead in the uniform of the country that fattens them.) Even on the solemn occasion of Memorial Day. To what purpose, aside from anti-Bush rage and Democrat lust to regain position and office (and avenge a perceived slight from the White House)?

Which raises the question yet again: Is today’s Libstream intelligent, or just desperate and tone deaf?
Are polls and poll shakers and $500 an hour “consultants” convincing it that Americans will react “correctly” to this orgy of American Guilt and shame about the one sector of today’s post-FDR U.S. entitlement society that truly sacrifices and understands responsibility? There used to be a time, on the other extreme, when Americans focused on the war crimes of the enemy. That ended, of course, with the Vietnam War, when the World Left turned on the U.S. which was no longer pals with the “workers’ states.”

Do the Democrats and their media really think this will play—despite Republican failings (and the DemoPub mutual surrender of the U.S. border to Mexico and the Business/Illegal Alien Lobby—presided over by George Bush, our “Texan,” i.e. our Connecticut Yankee in cowboy boots?

Do they really think that an old Murtha and his media enablers, exploiting the noble ‘Duty, Honor and Country,’ will be excused from the duty and honor of focusing on the daily unspeakable atrocities of the enemy, instead of grandstanding exclusively on what is, by most accounts, the atypical and alleged, of his own country? They gorge on aberrations (if proven) of the more disciplined sector of U.S. society. Have they no sense of shame left for what the enemy is doing to Iraqis, the daily carnage, cold, calculated, deliberate? One more question: Have they no sense of shame left about themselves?

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Gringofoto. Mekong Delta, 1973. Face to face, at last, with the Vietcong, down in that Delta, somewhere below My Tho. (Black and white original.)

Gringofoto. Mekong Delta, 1973. Face to face, at last, with the Vietcong, down in that Delta, somewhere below My Tho. (Black and white original.)

And, let’s see if it turns out that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had a hand in this incident. If so he is as brilliant, evil but brilliant, as Osama Bin Laden.

Top U.S. General in Iraq Orders Value Training for Troops
Thursday, June 01, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The top U.S. general in Iraq on Thursday ordered American commanders to conduct core values training on moral and ethical standards on the battlefield.
Army Gen. George W. Casey’s order came as the U.S. military investigated whether U.S. Marines might have intentionally killed unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha on Nov. 19.

The killings, in which victims included women and children, followed a bomb attack on a military convoy that killed a Marine.

Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, said in a statement the training would emphasize “professional military values and the importance of disciplined, professional conduct in combat” as well as Iraqi cultural expectations.

“As military professionals, it is important that we take time to reflect on the values that separate us from our enemies,” Chiarelli said. “The challenge for us is to make sure the actions of a few do not tarnish the good work of the many.”

The training will be conducted in units over the next 30 days and was aimed at reinforcing training service members received prior to their deployment, according to the statement.

The order was issued about a week after the U.S. Marine Commandant, Gen. Michael W. Hagee, traveled to Iraq and cautioned troops on the danger of becoming “indifferent to the loss of a human life,” following the allegations that Marines killed civilians in Haditha.

His Republican opponent is Diana Irey.

District 12 went 49% Bush and 51% Kerry.

There is very little information on the internet about Ireys stand on major issues such as abortion and immigration.

If she is pro-life and pro-border control I could afford and recommend a small contribution to her campaign.

It is more effective to help elect good Congressmen than to try and influence the bad ones to change.

I still say there ought to be a hunting season for radical judges, Congress morons and anyone Liberal. Just think of the stress reliever.

Mother nature has no chance against modern medicine and it’s true, pickling works. ChappTed “I never met a drink I didn’t like” is still alive.

And it was not Wolf Blitzer, but rather CNN’s Ryan Chilcote.
Here is the pertintent quote to which I referred which relates to the account of 9 year old Eman Walid:

“But there is an intriguing variation in Eman’s account the third time she tells it. She says she was expecting the bomb. ‘I was planning to go to school. I was about to get out of bed. I knew the bomb would explode so I covered my ears. The bomb exploded. The bomb struck an armored vehicle. I don’t know if it was a Humvee or an armored vehicle. When the bomb exploded, they came straight to our house.’ The question is was her expectation of the explosion a premonition, a fear based on the sound of the passing convey, or was it based on some knowledge. The interviewer does not follow up and says the 9 year old got confused and got her story mixed up.”

Come, let’s have fun as we did before you decided to be a media whore.

Ok honey?

5 PM at VA69 as usual baby. Don’t forget to bring your daubers.

Oh, Sofia says “Hi”. ;-)

Muuuuaaaaaaahhhhhh

Hot Air has two don’t-miss videos here and here. I’m not the only one who doesn’t like the way Michelle and Allah have been dealing with this situation….

Also, great site, and great to have Allahpundit back. Still searching for Allahpundit’s archive of the Kerry election photoshop series. That was pure magic!

Bob L.

Not considering these possibilities has made Murtha’s comments that much more repugnant.

Easy87us

By the way Mr. Murtha, I think you need to open your military record and show us how you got that two Purple Hearts. You really do.

Easy87us

Media blackout of this story is warranted until the FACTS have a chance to come out.
We are at war, and this WILL hurt our soldiers, regardless of the final outcome of investigation.

Pray for our brave men and women, our goals in this war, and for Murtha to get permanent laryngytis.