JOHN MURTHA (D) PA - MOST AMERICAN'S AGREE WITH IRAQ PULL OUT

After creating a fire storm last week with his resolution calling for an immediate pull out from Iraq, Representative John Murtha(D), PA backed up his defeated resolution and statements today claiming that, "the public turned against this war before I said it." Murtha went on to say that the war is not winable militarily and, "our tactics themselves keep us from winning." Murtha is a decorated Vietnam veteran and the left has used this status to build him up as a military expert who should be listened to. While I am grateful for his service and sacrifice as a soldier and do not use this as an opportunity to impune his honor or his service, as a vet Murtha should realize how demoralizing and defeatist that his statements are. He should also realize the tremendous ramifications that his call for pull out would entail to the nation, our troops and the Iraqis. To claim that the American people agree with him is a falsehood that I would like him to try and prove. Has he talked to the soldiers who are Americans and fighting and dying defending this nation in the Iraq battlefield ? Has he talked with the goldstar parents who have given their sons and daughters in this war and asked them if we should pull out making their child's sacrifice in vain ? Has he asked the citizens in red states, which ARE the majority, who still support the President and the war and expect the United States to finish the mission ? Has he looked beyond the politics of the Washington beltway that is dominated by liberals and taken his head out of the sand long enough to actually HEAR the voice of the people ? When he does ALL of this and finds that the majority of these people agree with him, then and ONLY then will his claim of agreement be worth anything! My bet is that he will NEVER find agreement from the majority of those that he does NOT want to hear, for their opinion NEVER counts to a liberal. The only opinion that a liberal wants is the one that they TELL their followers to believe and those that agree with their leftist agenda ! So until you actually LISTEN to the majority of which I AM ONE, then Mr. Murtha stop your liberal anti-war rhetoric and stand behind our troops for you above all people KNOW what it means to NOT have your country behind you when you are at war and don't try to tell me that what you and your liberal friends in Congress are doing supports the troops when you are undermining EVERYTHING that they are doing!

Ken Taylor