Chicken hawk admirers target John Murtha

[chat_noir]

Congressman John Murtha, said a letter to the editor last Sunday, is a ''traitor, disgrace and outright fool'' for questioning the glorious war in Iraq.

There's a disgrace, all right, but it's not Murtha, a Democrat from Johnstown who, demonstrably, is the opposite of everything that letter said.

Three days later, another letter ran. It was from John Halasovski of Lynn Township, who, like Murtha, is a former Marine who went to Vietnam.

''I ask that all these so-called patriots and war hawks who attack war veterans like John Murtha and John McCain please state their military experience and qualifications,'' Halasovski wrote. ''Putting a magnetic ribbon on the car that says 'Support Our Troops' does not mean anything to me. If you really want to support the troops, enlist. Then talk to me about war.''

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He and I agreed that action in Afghanistan was justified, but the chicken hawks lied America into a war in Iraq to benefit Haliburton and the Bush family's dear pals — the corrupt and despotic royal family that runs Saudi Arabia. (Where did most 9/11 terrorists and financing come from? Why, it was Saudi Arabia, Iraq's chief economic rival.)

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[Monkeyman]

1. swiftboating Murtha is a foolish move

[Faygo Kid]

2. I have ended friendships with those who love this war and Bush.

I disagreed with wealthy friends (they weren't wealthy then) during the Reagan Administration. This is different. Now "friends" have become millionaires, and two very dear ones will give nothing - NOTHING - up to support their sainted President, when they have reaped vast wealth and have sons of enlistment age. They are contemptible, and have broken my heart.