{"id":658,"date":"2007-09-19T09:12:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T13:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/19\/murtha-haditha-and-marines-in-general\/"},"modified":"2007-09-21T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2007-09-21T12:20:12","slug":"murtha-haditha-and-marines-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=658","title":{"rendered":"Murtha, Haditha and Marines in general"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just about every blog on the Right is touting the exhoneration of another Marine in the Haditha investigation (like Curt from Flopping Aces<\/a>) and running the video of Jeff Gannon confronting John Murtha at the National Press Club (like Gateway Pundit)<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and the pictures of the accused Marines with “Cleared”\u00c2\u00a0stamped on half of them now (like at Chickenhawk Express<\/a>)\u00c2\u00a0Everyone is demanding an apology from Murtha – it’ll never come, I’m telling you.<\/p>\n

Marines are honorable men who have a thankless job to do. They slog through mud and sand, kick down doors, sleep in the rain, choke down pounds of sand, huddle with their buddies behind a tiny rock to avoid rifle fire from an unseen enemy, they police up pieces of their friends and stuff the pieces in a plastic bag and then take the pieces to their friends’ families and standby tearful as they say goodbye to the best friend they ever had – and spend the rest of their lives wondering why they were spared from the same fate. For a few hundred bucks a week.<\/p>\n

John Murtha is no Marine. He climbs over the bodies of fallen marines to call attention to himself – for the anti-war movement. He has learned that the anti-war movement insulates him from Congressional investigations for his double and dirty-dealings in his district which enrich him and his family. A real Marine wouldn’t use a fallen or troubled comrade to improve his own condition. Real Marines jump on grenades to shield their friends from the blast.<\/p>\n

When Murtha wasn’t decorated for service in Vietnam, he tried to use political connections<\/a> to get himself some medals. The Marines I know wouldn’t give a tiny rat’s ass\u00c2\u00a0whether they were awarded\u00c2\u00a0some medals or not – let alone go out of their way after the fact to swing some medals through Congressional connections.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m no Marine, in fact I’ve had more fist fights with Marines than civil conversations, but John Murtha couldn’t\u00c2\u00a0be a pimple on\u00c2\u00a0the worst\u00c2\u00a0Marine’s behind. That’s why you’ll never get an apology from Murtha – Marines are honorable men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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