Mr. Murtha has been recommending redeployment to Okinawa ever since his rebirth as a dove last year, so what he said on "Meet the Press" was no slip of the tongue.
Let us be clear about the Murtha "strategy." It is insane. It would be easier to defend Germany from Chicago; Alaska from Miami, or Hawaii from Pittsburgh than to defend Iraq from Okinawa.
It would take 10-12 hours -- and six refuelings -- for F-16s to fly from Kadena AFB on Okinawa to Baghdad (assuming China and India would grant overflight rights, a dubious assumption). Mr. Murtha may regard this as "very quickly," but the Air Force does not.
As Bugs Bunny would say: "What a maroon!"
[snip]
Because he is a retired Marine Reserve colonel who served in Vietnam, Rep. Murtha is regarded as one of the Democrats' leading strategic thinkers. This, sadly, may be the case.
Mr. Murtha sounds less like a Marine colonel these days, and more like a male Cindy Sheehan. Has he become senile? Or was he always this stupid?
In either case, voters in his district should take a close look at Diane Irey, the Republican who hopes to put an end to the embarrassment to Pennsylvania Jack Murtha has become.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Murtha is Top Dem Strategic Thinker
Via Powerline, we get Jack Kelly's column (excerpts):
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I gather you are not a fan of Swift boat Veterans for Truth.
Pity.
But what you wrote is not a rebuttal to my article. If you agree with John Murtha that "redepoyment" of troops from Iraq to Okinawa is a good idea, you are full of the adjectives you used in your comment. These include: "showboaters" "incompetence" "pasty butt wimp" "moron" "coward" "idiot".
Name calling is not an argument among intelligent people. These may be the choice adjectives of today's journalism community, but that only helps to explain that journalist are today held in lower esteem than used car salemen, pimps and child molesters. (I was kidding about the last two, but I don't think that a polls has been taken recently).
If you have a point to make, you are welcome to make it on this blog. But stupid rants I can do without.
Goodnight.
"If you agree with John Murtha that "redepoyment" of troops from Iraq to Okinawa is a good idea, you are full of the adjectives you used in your comment."
Of the options Murtha offered as locations where our troops could be stationed for rapid deployment ... where did Okinawa fall in his list?
Google it. It will take you 15 seconds.
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Things are JUST NOT GOING WELL for the folks at the "Diana Irey for Congress" camp.
Diana Irey Press Release UPDATE!
http://community.cnhi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38410611/m/911101894
(read first 4 posts, the rest if you fancy to)
http://community.cnhi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38410611/m/631100794
http://community.cnhi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38410611/m/134103794
(click all links found in post, or you will get/be lost)
http://community.cnhi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38410611/m/197109694
No, chanuff, I am not going to do your research of you, why don't you tell us why redepoying to Okinawa is a smart idea.
And please, get a grip on your anger. And while you're at it, you may want to source some of the other claims you make in you original reply. You see, it wasn't "Bush's Invasion" but the coalition's invasion, which was spearheaded by American troops, an action that was approved by the American Congress, and for which Murtha voted. So maybe I could call it "Murtha's Invasion" hmmm?
"And while you're at it, you may want to source some of the other claims you make in you original reply."
you're joking, riiiight?
For all your faux claims for supporting our troops at war, YOU'VE NEVER HEARD of Al Qaqaa?
Sorry, I don't suffer fraudulent lazy dittoheads graciously, You'll have to get off your lazy butt and google that town in Iraq, yourself.
happy surfing
For all your faux claims for supporting our troops at war, YOU'VE NEVER HEARD of Al Qaqaa?
Actually, I have heard a lot about Al QaQaa. It appears that I have heard more about it than you becuae the orginal reporting has been debunked.
This is not a blog that caters to juvenile name calling so those posts that do do are eliminated. One of your just went. Got it?
chanuff, I have given you more latitude than I usually give people. It seem s all of your posts are basically name-calling rants. Beginning with the first words of your first post you sound like a juvenile: "Swift Boat Veterans for Themselves" "Showboaters" Pasty butt wimp" "moron" "idiot" (and there are more).
Look, if you want to have a debate, go at it, but, in Jack Nichelson's immortal words: "do crazy somehwere else."
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