Jeez, I knew John Murtha was a jackass, but I had no idea he had such a history of jackass-ity:"After terrorists attacked U.S. troops in Mogadishu, Somalia 12 years ago, anti-Iraq war Democrat, Rep. John Murtha urged then-President Clinton to begin a complete pullout of U.S. troops from the region.
Clinton took the advice and ordered the withdrawal - a decision that Osama bin Laden would later credit with emboldening his terrorist fighters and encouraging him to mount further attacks against the U.S.
"Our welcome has been worn out," Rep Murtha told NBC's "Today" show in Sept. 1993, a month after 4 U.S. Military Police had been killed in Somalia by a remote-detonated land mine.
Two weeks later . . . 18 U.S. Rangers were killed in the battle of Mogadishu." (H/T - Newsmax)
This is the first I have heard about Murtha's Mogadishu comments, but I cannot fathom why he thinks a pullout (read: surrender) in Iraq would work out better than his advisement in Somalia. By the way, how are things in Somalia today?
Somalia....definitely not THE place to vacation!
ReplyDeleteMurtha's an idiot! And that stupid article was almost pro-islam. Notice no more killings or rapes, just whippings, cutting off of hands, making women where bhurkas. Oh yeah, much better now! Sarcasm!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing worse than his innane comments over the past decade or so is the fact that he keeps getting elected and provided the voice...He wants to redeploy our troops to Okinawa (sp)....Jackass is too nice for this mule.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's just because Angelins Jolie and Brad haven't worked their magic there, yet!!
ReplyDeleteI like this description...
ReplyDeleteBenedict Arnold was a war hero, too.
The man is a pathetic... hard to believe he was a Marine at one point.
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ReplyDeleteLMC - Thanks a bunch!
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