Let's Help Diana Irey beat John Murtha

Posted By Blackfive

I asked listeners of Pundit Review Radio to help Diana Irey defeat John Murtha.

Russ Vaughn, the poet lauerate of the MilBlogs, sends this message:

Send this Old Warhorse to the Barn

Marines like to say, "Once a Marine, always a Marine." Though not a Marine myself, this old ex-paratrooper is a staunch supporter of the Corps and believes John Murtha has shown himself to be the exception to that rule. His latest attack on our troops specifically targets the Corps and belies his adherence to the Corps' creed, "Semper Fidelis," always faithful.

Murtha has become the darling of the liberals; like John Kerry he's a Vietnam veteran who uses his military credentials to attack our troops and their mission. As a fellow Vietnam vet, I've been loathe to comment on Murtha because, unlike Kerry, this guy was the genuine article, an enlisted man who rose to the rank of full colonel while serving in extended combat operations.

For that, we owe him. However, we can only accept so much disparagement of our troops before we say, "Enough!" and retire this particular Marine once and for all. That time has come. Murtha has a worthy challenger for his too long held office in the fall elections, Diana Irey. Here is information about her and a means to contribute to her campaign:

http://www.irey.com/

I have just made a contribution to her campaign as I hope you will. We should all get on board and support her election efforts regardless of where we reside because Murtha's continuing diatribes against our troops and our country provide aid and comfort to our enemies, a situation that affects us all.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

More reasons to vote out John Murtha here (Michelle Malkin - "John Murtha Hangs Marines"), here, and here (Andi's World - "The Murtha Matter").

And one of the best blog pieces about John Murtha from former Marine, Curt, at Flopping Aces:

The Dishonorable Murtha

...As far as the incident is concerned, much of it seems to be based on one 9 year old’s version of events. One paragraph of the original Time piece sticks out:

According to Eman, the Marines then entered the living room. “I couldn’t see their faces very well�only their guns sticking into the doorway. I watched them shoot my grandfather, first in the chest and then in the head. Then they killed my granny.” She claims the troops started firing toward the corner of the room where she and her younger brother Abdul Rahman, 8, were hiding; the other adults shielded the children from the bullets but died in the process. Eman says her leg was hit by a piece of metal and Abdul Rahman was shot near his shoulder. “We were lying there, bleeding, and it hurt so much. Afterward, some Iraqi soldiers came. They carried us in their arms. I was crying, shouting ‘Why did you do this to our family?’ And one Iraqi soldier tells me, ‘We didn’t do it. The Americans did.

So let me get this straight? She couldn’t see the faces of the soldiers, and then initially thought the Iraqi soldiers had done it, until told by them that it was the Americans. Hmmmmm.

It smells.  For a WHOLE platoon to snap would mean 15 individual Marines would have needed to be involved... 

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Let's Help Diana Irey beat John Murtha

I asked listeners of Pundit Review Radio to help Diana Irey defeat John Murtha.

Russ Vaughn, the poet lauerate of the MilBlogs, sends this message:

Send this Old Warhorse to the Barn

Marines like to say, "Once a Marine, always a Marine." Though not a Marine myself, this old ex-paratrooper is a staunch supporter of the Corps and believes John Murtha has shown himself to be the exception to that rule. His latest attack on our troops specifically targets the Corps and belies his adherence to the Corps' creed, "Semper Fidelis," always faithful.

Murtha has become the darling of the liberals; like John Kerry he's a Vietnam veteran who uses his military credentials to attack our troops and their mission. As a fellow Vietnam vet, I've been loathe to comment on Murtha because, unlike Kerry, this guy was the genuine article, an enlisted man who rose to the rank of full colonel while serving in extended combat operations.

For that, we owe him. However, we can only accept so much disparagement of our troops before we say, "Enough!" and retire this particular Marine once and for all. That time has come. Murtha has a worthy challenger for his too long held office in the fall elections, Diana Irey. Here is information about her and a means to contribute to her campaign:

http://www.irey.com/

I have just made a contribution to her campaign as I hope you will. We should all get on board and support her election efforts regardless of where we reside because Murtha's continuing diatribes against our troops and our country provide aid and comfort to our enemies, a situation that affects us all.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

More reasons to vote out John Murtha here (Michelle Malkin - "John Murtha Hangs Marines"), here, and here (Andi's World - "The Murtha Matter").

And one of the best blog pieces about John Murtha from former Marine, Curt, at Flopping Aces:

The Dishonorable Murtha

...As far as the incident is concerned, much of it seems to be based on one 9 year old’s version of events. One paragraph of the original Time piece sticks out:

According to Eman, the Marines then entered the living room. “I couldn’t see their faces very well�only their guns sticking into the doorway. I watched them shoot my grandfather, first in the chest and then in the head. Then they killed my granny.” She claims the troops started firing toward the corner of the room where she and her younger brother Abdul Rahman, 8, were hiding; the other adults shielded the children from the bullets but died in the process. Eman says her leg was hit by a piece of metal and Abdul Rahman was shot near his shoulder. “We were lying there, bleeding, and it hurt so much. Afterward, some Iraqi soldiers came. They carried us in their arms. I was crying, shouting ‘Why did you do this to our family?’ And one Iraqi soldier tells me, ‘We didn’t do it. The Americans did.

So let me get this straight? She couldn’t see the faces of the soldiers, and then initially thought the Iraqi soldiers had done it, until told by them that it was the Americans. Hmmmmm.

It smells.  For a WHOLE platoon to snap would mean 15 individual Marines would have needed to be involved... 

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