John Murtha
John Murtha
John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr.was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Pennsylvania...
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That's not the point. We want to protect our guys. This is all about our guys, and our moral standards and our moral standards in the world.
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They lost my trust when they did that, ... By not telling us, they lied.
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All of us want to support the president when he's at war, ... But you can't support him when he won't change directions, won't listen.
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Absolutely, we're the target. We're the enemy, ... (The Iraqis) are a proud people, they've been around a lot longer than we have. They've going to win this themselves, they're going to settle this themselves. They have to, there's no alternative.
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They're subdued compared to normal morale of elite forces. Obviously, it was a very difficult battle. A lot of Somalis were killed, but it was a brutal battle.
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Questions about my record are clearly an attempt to distract attention from the real issue, which is that our brave men and women in uniform are dying and being injured every day in the middle of a civil war that can be resolved only by the Iraqis themselves.
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People are unhappy about it, Republicans and Democrats. They all realize that the Iraqis aren't going to do any fighting until we decide that they're going to take over. As soon as the elections are over and the constitution is ratified, you're going to find American forces drawn down. The public's against it. The military's overextended. There's no place else to go.
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There's no way we can win a war when you've lost not only the hearts and minds of the people (of Iraq), when you become the enemy.
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I volunteered for a year's duty in Vietnam. I was out in the field almost every single day. We took heavy casualties in my regiment the year that I was there. In my fitness reports, I was rated No. 1. My record is clear.
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The guys in Congress are scared to death to say anything because they might be vilified, ... The soldiers can't speak for themselves. We sent them to war and, by God, we're the ones that have to speak out.
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You can't spin this. You've got to have a real solution, ... This is not a war of words, this is a war.