MURTHA AT IT AGAIN - SLOW WITHDRAWAL LOOKS LIKE VICTORY

Congressman John Murtha, (D PA), is at it again or should I say continues to mouth off about a total and quick withdrawal from Iraq, because we can't win and our military is in a shambles. His tactic now adds further insult to the already disgusting defeatists statements that he has made recently. Now, according to Murtha, if the United States slowly withdraws from Iraq it will give the illusion that we have obtained victory when in essence we have been defeated. Why is it that Murtha's story about the state of our military and the situation in Iraq differs from those like Senator Joe Lieberman, (who I might add is also a Democrat), who have actually visited Iraq several times and after each trip came back to report that the situation is continually improving, our troops are doing a marvelous job and moral is high. Which is also what commanders in the field , the President, and the Secretary of Defense have also stated. Each have visited Iraq and the President receives daily briefings concerning every aspect and detail of operations. Yet Murtha, who has NEVER been to Iraq, nor discussed operations with ANY field commanders claims the opposite and continually paints a negative and devastating picture of the accomplishments in the field, the Iraqi government and our troops. Unfortunately every time he opens his mouth this liberal with a mouth larger than his brain gets exhaustive coverage from the mainstream media and has become their darling as he paints the picture that the left and their media cohorts wish the American people to see. All without proof or any type of evidence to prove his obscene allegations. His Vietnam combat experience is always touted as the reason to consider him an expert and while his service in Vietnam is not in question his ethics concerning the present war is very much so. He still insists that everything is so bad that we should leave immediately and give everything over to the Iraqi government and security forces whether they are ready or not. Does he not realize that if this were to happen with the government and security forces NOT ready for complete control then the very terrorists and insurgents that our troops have fought and died to defeat will wrench control and plunge the country into civil war or worse a theocracy similar to Iran where freedoms are non existent and oppression is real ? Does he actually care ? I think not for with his liberal rhetoric he is getting his fifteen minutes of fame at the expense of our troops and the truth. Thank God that the President does not listen to the likes of John Murtha and continues to stand firm in what is right. Fighting the War on Terror whether in Iraq or any other battlefield in the world until the enemy is defeated and the mission completed.

Ken Taylor