Was John Murtha, once long ago, a hero? Perhaps, but I donÂ’t care

Really, I donÂ’t.

I don’t care if he has this medal or that award – or even if he single-handedly thwarted an alien invasion from the Planet Zarg. None of it matters – and all of it is irrelevant.

It isn't relevant to the debate.

Not after he has denigrated the service of our men and women fighting today, and indicated that they have been beaten by a rag-tag band of terrorists.

Rep. John P. Murtha is continuing his assault on the Bush administration's Iraq war policy, asserting this week that the U.S. Army is "broken, worn out" and "living hand to mouth."

The Pentagon and a senior Republican senator sharply disagreed with his assessment.

Speaking to civic leaders Wednesday in Latrobe, Pa., in his home district, Mr. Murtha also said the Pennsylvania National Guard is stretched so thin that it will take a year before it can send fully equipped units overseas again.

"You cannot win this thing militarily," Mr. Murtha said later at a press conference. "Most of [U.S. troops] will be out of there in a year if I have my way."

The Murtha plan is now perfectly clear – “We’ve lost – cut-and-run, boys!”

Might I offer a few words from a leader from our past -- one Abraham Lincoln?

"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs who should be arrested, exiled or hanged."

I’ll reserve judgment as to which is the best way of dealing with Congressman Murtha, or whether such a course of action is advisable. But I will say this much – his statements certainly render void any political coverage to which his past service may have entitled him.

ANd let me add that I've read and heard the words of Jean Schmidt.

She did not call the man a coward.

But she should have.

And I do.

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