Every time I think the wingnuts can't sink lower in their hatred of John Murtha, war hero Marine, they take it down one more notch.
Posted in today's National Review Online:
"John Murtha: the Country's second "ex-Marine." [Mackubin Thomas Owens]
As you know, John Murtha has "said he would attach language to a war funding bill that would prohibit the redeployment of units that have been at home for less than a year, stop the extension of tours beyond 12 months and prohibit units from shipping out if they do not train with all of their equipment. His aim, he made clear, is not to improve readiness but to 'stop the surge.'"
"So why not straightforwardly strip the money out of the appropriations bill, an action Congress is clearly empowered to take, rather than try to micromanage the Army in a way that may be unconstitutional? Because, Mr. Murtha said, it will deflect accusations that he is trying to do what he is trying to do. 'What we are saying will be very hard to find fault with,' he said."
We Marines maintain that except for Lee Harvey Oswald, there is no such thing as an "ex-Marine." I believe that John Murtha has just joined that small club. 02/21 09:55 AM"
Get it? Murtha opposes the surge. So, he's now an ex-Marine, to be drummed from the service, and akin to Lee Harvey Oswald.
I never heard of Mackubin Thomas Owens before reading this post, but he thinks opposing Bush's surge is the equivalent of assassinating President Kennedy. What a fool.