What else can you call it when a Marine urges that the United States surrender to the rag-tag terrorists because he doubts the ability of the American military to defeat them?

"Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency," [Congressman John] Murtha said in a Capitol news conference that left him in tears. Islamic insurgents "are united against U.S. forces, and we have become a catalyst for violence," he said. ". . . It's time to bring them home."

How else can you interpret that except as a statement that US troops are no match for the forces of Islamist terror and a call to cut-and-run in shame? What else is this except a call to abandon the Iraqi people who we liberated from Saddam so that the forces of al-Zaqawi and bin Laden can take over and oppress them with their “back to the seventh century” creed?

In addition, it is clear that Murtha implicitly called for the destruction of civilian control of the military when his position was challenged by the elected representatives of the American people.

Murtha, asked about the comments, replied sarcastically: "I like guys who got five deferments and [have] never been there and send people to war, and then don't like to hear suggestions about what needs to be done." Cheney did not serve in the military, and Bush was an Air National Guardsman who did not leave the United States during the Vietnam War.

Apparently Murtha has a problem with those elected by the American people running the military. He seems to say that only those who have seen combat should be permitted to speak or have opinions on military matters. In short, it appears that he is seeking a military dictatorship antithetical to the system established by our Founding Fathers. I doubt he actually believes this -- but since when has the mere fact that ones words or policies would undermine the US Constitution ever stopped a Democrat from doing what is politically expedient?

And I wonder – when did Murtha speak out against Clinton’s troop deployments? I would bet that the answer is “Never”.

Could it be that Murtha is something significantly less than a patriot speaking his conscience? Might it be that he is simply a partisan whore and a disgrace to the Corps?

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