Congressman John Murtha is alleged to be a former Marine. There is a saying that “Once a Marine, always a Marine” but there are a few exceptions. Murtha is one. He is already being sued for slander by more than one Marine. Not deterred, he commits another libel as he adopts the new Democrat strategy to deal with the success in Iraq. Why are we winning in spite of Murtha and Harry Reid (who said the war is lost a year ago) ?
I’m not sure if it’s because the Iraqis are just worn out but certainly the way they are doing it today it makes a big difference. It used to be we broke down doors. We went in and we killed people inadvertantly. Now they’re much more careful about it.
That, of course, is not the only Democrat theory:
Since Iran is now in total control of Iraq, and since the Iraqi government is an open ally of Iran, the Iranians have stopped sponsoring terrorism in Iraq. Iran has won.
Because Iraq is now openly aligned with Iran, it will never be an American ally, so we need to withdraw our troops immediately. The war is over; Iraq is lost to us, and Iran has expanded its influence. It’s all a disaster brought about by that lying liar Bush.
Yet, there is no reason to refer to these people as unpatriotic.
E J Dionne knows why. Patriotism is racism.
If the 2008 election is to be a debate about the true meaning of patriotism, then bring it on.
Ever since Barack Obama took off his flag pin, Democrats and liberals have had a queasy feeling that talk of patriotism would be a covert way to raise the matter of Obama’s race; to cast him as some sort of alien figure (“You know what his middle name is?”); and to paint him as an effete intellectual out of touch with true American values.
In fact, every criticism of Obama is racism but this is extra bad.
Tags: haditha, murtha, Obama, patriotism, racism