John P. Murtha is continuing his assault on the Bush administration’s Iraq war policy, asserting this week that the U.S. Army is “broken, worn out” and “living hand to mouth.” I think Rush Limbaugh pretty much sums it up.
So he wants us to pull out. “The Army is broken. The equipment is worn out…. They’re living hand-to-mouth.” He got his 15 minutes. He decided he really liked his 15 minutes, saying our troops are worn out, so he wants to get his name in lights again — and I’ll tell you, this borders on insubordination or Treason. What he has just done — and I’m not sure in his mind he’s trying to do the right thing. I mean, I know in the leftist circles he is unassailable, but not here. What Congressman Murtha just did with that comment was practically broadcast to the Islamic terrorist wacko suicide groups around the world that our troops are worn out. Worn out by what? Roadside bombs? The terrorists have only one play to use against us, roadside and car bombs hiding behind women and children in mosques. They will not confront our troops head on, they can’t. They don’t have any army. They may not be cowards, although I’m not ready to concede even that. Well, somebody willing to blow themselves up is not a coward. It’s a lunatic, but they don’t have the guts to face us head on.
Think about it. There haven’t been any major battles. Only these annoying little deadly car bombs, and everybody goes ape over this and now the Democrats want to quit and cut and run and have invested themselves in defeat. So now John Murtha with all these bright lights and the cameras facing him and chasing him all around has told the terrorists, has told al-Qaeda that our troops are “worn out,” and they’re “living hand-to-mouth.” Hand-to-mouth, he says, because the terrorists have been so successful. He may as well go out and deliver a victory statement for Al-Qaeda! That’s what he’s done here. He’s telling all of those people that want us dead that our troops can’t even handle the war with them. We can’t even handle the war without battles. We can’t even handle roadside explosives. Imagine what would happen to our troops if we actually got into a combat-style battle. I mean, to me it is unbelievable. It’s incredible, and it frosts me. It makes me mad, and these people think they’re patriotic, they think they’re doing a great service to the country.
