In what could be the ultimate insult to our military, outgoing
Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter awarded the Distinguished Public
Service Award — the highest civilian honor — to the treasonous John
"Abscam Jack" Murtha, who kept his name in the news for several years
by doing everything in his power to bring about American defeat in
Iraq, and by making false allegations of war crimes against our
troops.
Vets are understandably enraged. From a petition by Vets for Freedom,
calling on the Navy to rescind the award:
John Murtha deserves no such award. He has routinely and
deliberately undermined the United States military, slandered
servicemen serving in combat, and caused irreparable damage to our
international reputation. While serving as a Representative from
Pennsylvania, Murtha called Marines from 3d Battalion, 1st Marines
"cold blooded killers" who "murdered innocent civilians." Before an
investigation into the Haditha incident was even conducted, Murtha
went on numerous television news programs and announced that the
Marines "went into houses and killed women and children." He said,
"There's no question in my mind about what happened here. There was no
gunfire, they killed four people in a taxi … 24 people were killed."
When asked specifically if he claimed that innocent civilians were
intentionally executed by Marines, he said, "That's exactly what
happened." Not content to slander those Marines directly involved, he
went on to claim that if these Marines were not punished, "other
Marines would say well I'll do the same thing." Murtha then continued
to use this incident to lobby for the immediate withdrawal of troops
from Iraq, citing it as evidence that our military was incapable of
winning the war.
Eight Marines were originally charged. As of March 17th, 2009 all
charges were dropped against six Marines, one was found not guilty on
all counts in courts martial. The prosecution has delayed the court
martial of the final defendant indefinitely. The original allegations
of a massacre and the statements of Congressman Murtha have been
thoroughly discredited. Despite the facts, John Murtha refuses to
apologize to those he slandered.
If military honors are to mean anything, they cannot be granted to
vermin who in wiser times would be tried for sedition. You would
almost think our kakistocracy is deliberately attempting to destroy
morale.
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