There comes a time in life to stand up and be counted; a time to be quiet; and a time to shut-up when it is obvious that the one talking doesn’t know what he or she is talking about. In the latter case it is John Murtha, Democrat Representative from Pennsylvania. He is a retired Marine who doesn’t understand he is bleating about things of which he knows nothing.

It is difficult to understand how anyone who has served the nation, can retire and then become a flaming mouthed liberal who has nothing but scorn and disdain for the President, the military, and the nation in general. He speaks as if he knows what is taking place, but how can he when he wasn’t there? Murtha is a perfect symbol of the ones who tout the bogus line that civilians are innocent and must be protected in war at all costs. Yes, some are innocent and some aren’t. But in war a lot of people become victims who don’t need to be victims, yet it happens because war is about killing the enemy who attacks anyone they don’t like or who impedes their vicious agenda. Tragically, the innocent at times are in the way when eradication of the vermin takes place. That isn’t being callused; it is being realistic.

Murtha, of all people, should know that the foregoing is inevitable, but he issued an indictment and condemned the military personnel involved in the Haditha mess, all before the facts became known. He was sure that the men acted irrationally, but again, how does he know since he wasn’t there? He railed about the civilians and the horrible conduct of our forces toward them.

A sure way to lose any war is to be so timid about fighting the enemy, that the morale is diminished to the point that the men and women are reluctant to do the dirty job because of loud mouthed know it all know nothings like Murtha. Those who support him claim it is wrong to criticize a man who served his nation. Since when does some type of military service give anyone immunity from criticism about his stupid bleating? Since when does it give him a free pass to denigrate his nation and the military?

Now Murtha says [the U.S.] “... is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, ...” There has to be something wrong with a former Marine, a United States Representative, who views his nation as a greater danger than two despotic, totalitarian, tyrannical nations ruled by men who could pass a test for being certifiably insane. It may be that the rulers of those nations aren’t the only ones who are certifiably insane. There seems to be a liberal virus causing insanity going around in this nation among several groups.

Men like Murtha fail to understand that the mouthing he directs to our military and the nation is giving aid, comfort, and encouragement to the enemy. The enemy is looking for any opening that will give them advantage over a superior force. The only way we can be defeated is for the people to lose their will to defeat the enemy; Murtha and so many others (along with the foreign enemy) are working hard to destroy our will to pursue the war. Is he doing what he does for political advantage or is he stupid?  The short answer is yes.

The nation is involved in a war of a different kind, but the rules of engagement haven’t much changed from the other wars. Though the weapons are different, it is still kill the enemy. In Sorting It Out, it is imperative that the President and the military receive the support of the nation to bring us through the time of peril and John Murtha simply needs to Shut-Up. And so do Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., Harry Reid, D-Nev. and quite a few more. But in the case of John Kerry, let that mouth continue to roar. Some idiots are useful to our cause of freedom and liberty.

© 06-26-2006 DEC