J. D. Pendry

I want Branson’s 25 million. Give me a few cases of 100 MPH tape and a squad of Privates and I’ll solve global warming. I’ll do it by taping shut the mouths of Congress. In case you don’t know what 100MPH tape is, I’ll explain. It’s green duct tape. It’s like The Force. It has a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together.

I’ll make my first stop at ABSCAM Jack Murtha’s office. I’ve taken heat for declaring that ABSCAM Jack wouldn’t amount to a pimple on a real Marines butt. According to some, since I’m a retired Army type and not a war hero, I’m not qualified to speak about the type of Marine Jack Murtha is or was. Fair enough. Since I’ve never been a Marine, I’ll leave that assessment to people who are or have been Marines. Some Marines read this. Maybe they’ll share with you their appraisals of Marine Murtha.

I’ll also leave the critique of him to his peers in Congress. One of them, former Representative Don Bailey (D-Pa.), wrote him a letter. In it, he recounted a conversation between the two.

“At the time you were feeling particularly vulnerable, because it wasn’t too long after you had called me crying and sobbing, thanking me for “saving your life” before the ethics committee. There was no doubt in my mind that you were expressing to me that you did not believe you did anything sufficient to earn the purple heart, and that you didn’t want to be active in my efforts to laud Vietnam Veterans that served with us….

You clearly indicated to me in a moment of weakness, that you hadn’t deserved the purple hearts and there was no confusion on that. You may deny that all you wish - but you and I know that that conversation took place….

 

You may be able to take advantage of a few Washington reporters who don’t have sufficient experience to understand - but you can’t fool combat veterans of the Vietnam war by hiding behind “Unit” losses - we’re used to those stories. I have my orders describing my combat awards Jack - to back up my DD-214. Where’s your’s? And Jack - don’t ever call me a liar.”

And there was this recall from World War II Navy veteran Harry M. Fox:

“However, another source, World War II Navy veteran Harry M. Fox, previously indicated that Murtha in 1968 personally asked Fox’s boss, then-U.S. Rep. John Saylor (R-Pa.), for assistance in obtaining the Purple Hearts, but was turned down because Saylor’s office determined that Murtha lacked sufficient evidence of wounds. Murtha later challenged Saylor for his House seat in 1968 and lost. Fox said he personally viewed Murtha’s military records in 1968 as Saylor’s aide… He campaigned as a war hero and I’ve never seen any documentation that he earned any of these honors,” Fox reportedly stated.”

These aren’t Swift Boaters with axes to grind with someone who betrayed them; these are his Congressional colleagues who believe that Murtha is an unethical, phony baloney, political hack. If these men are liars, I expect he’d be calling them out with some evidence. He hasn’t, he won’t. There’s no need for him to when America’s liberal media would never confront him with it. Every Military Veteran with awards can verify their authenticity.

I hold Marines in high esteem, just as I do Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Coastguardsmen. I’ve spent more than half my existence on this planet among these remarkable people. What this fraternity holds high is a code of honor built on personal integrity and loyalty – loyalty to those with whom you serve or have served, loyalty to your Country and uncompromising personal integrity. Attributes Jack Murtha sorely lacks. Murtha called Marines cold-blooded murderers without giving them the benefit of an investigation or trial (there still hasn’t been a trial). He refused to remove the cloud from over his military record as any person of integrity would. He haggled about his bribe offer during ABSCAM and then testified against the other Congressional crooks

“I’m not interested. I’m sorry…at this point. You know, we do business for a while, maybe I’ll be interested, maybe I won’t…”

to save his own worthless hide. There’s no honor among thieves, liars and apparently much of Congress. With his past actions and his efforts now to abandon the Troops, he forfeited his membership in the fraternity of arms. Therefore, I apologize to all the Marines out there whom I’ve offended, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Coastguardsmen too, for elevating Jack Murtha to the high rank of butt pimple. I must admit, I was mistaken to raise him up to that lofty stature.

“In an interview yesterday with MoveCongress.org, a Web site for a coalition of anti-war groups, Mr. Murtha, who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, explained that by placing conditions on $93.4 billion in new combat funds, he would make (sic) be able to effectively stop the troops in their tracks. “They won’t be able to continue. They won’t be able to do the deployment. They won’t have the equipment, they don’t have the training and they won’t be able to do the work. There’s no question in my mind,” Mr. Murtha said. - Washington Times Editorial”

Instead of supporting our Serving Men and Women, Jack Murtha and 245 of his colleagues chose to join with Cindy Sheehan, Jane Fonda, CODEPINK, ANSWER and other Marxist, anti Military, anti American, jihad sympathizers. These are the people Americans put in charge of our national security.

Jack should come by on March 17, 2007 and support his anti-Military kindred. He should bring along with him the other 245 spineless members of Congress who voted to abandon our Troops. The Fondas and Sheehans are actually better people than Murtha and his Congressional colleagues. At least they’re out front with their hatred for the Military and don’t try to hide it behind Congressional political antics. They’re honest about who they are and their salaries are not paid with my taxes.

Representative Sam Johnson is a warrior - a legitimate warrior. He’s not one of invented exploits and questionable medals. He’s the kind of warrior not generally endorsed by an American media that prefers Kerrys and Murthas. He summed up the damage of the abandonment resolution better than anyone else can. I’ll let his excerpted words stand alone. Please read the entire text of his speech here.

“We must never, ever let that happen again.

The pain inflicted by your country’s indifference is tenfold that inflicted by your ruthless captors.

Our troops - and their families - want, need and deserve the full support of the country - and the Congress. Moms and dads watching the news need to know that the Congress will not leave their sons and daughters in harm’s way without support….

Debating non-binding resolutions aimed at earning political points only destroys morale, stymies success, and emboldens the enemy.

The grim reality is that this House measure is the first step to cutting funding of the troops…Just ask John Murtha about his ’slow-bleed’ plan that hamstrings our troops in harm’s way.

Now it’s time to stand up for my friends who did not make it home - and those who fought and died in Iraq - so I can keep my promise that when we got home we would quit griping about the war and do something positive about it…and we must not allow this Congress to leave these troops like the Congress left us.”

While Serving Men and Women sacrifice, Jack Murtha and 245 other members of Congress provide aid to our enemies with a resolution of abandonment, surrender and defeat. It is a national disgrace of grand proportions. If they had the requisite character and courage to support fully the war their now meaningless votes put into motion, the Troops would be home and fewer of them would have been lost.

Maybe together, Jack and his colleagues can scrape up enough backbone to look the Troops, Veterans and their Supporters in the eyes and justify to a Gathering of Eagles why they chose to desert another generation of Americans on the battlefield. Just as they did Sam Johnson’s generation.

Copyright © J. D. Pendry 2007