Rep John Murtha insulting the entire corps

Rep. John Murtha is a complete, glory seeking, political rabble-rousing troublemaker who has the pure unmitigated gall to refer to himself as an ex-Marine. I realize the Marines are fond of saying, “Once a Marine, always a Marine”, but in the particular case of Murtha, with his constant insults against the Marines and now his latest attack calling them murderers, he is better off stating he never served in the Corps. Because after his latest use of the name of the Marines, sacred to many, I am, sure the Marines have disavowed any knowledge of him as well.

Murtha’s mouth has opened far too many times telling the world how bad, cold-blooded killers like the Marines should not be representing their country. His latest attack on the Corps pertains to an incident, which occurred in the Iraqi city of Haditha where Murtha has accused Marines of murdering civilians, running his mouth off to any reporter within hearing distance, convicting US Marines of a massacre before the investigation is completed, and findings released to the media.

Whether the Marines are guilty of firing into an unarmed crowd has yet to be determined, I agree with the fact that whatever took place it is a tragedy. I would also like to state that if the story were indeed true, the United States Marine Corp would punish anyone that was found guilty, as it should be. What should not be done is bringing the information to the floor to throw around as a political football and discussing personal, pure-political feelings with the media on a daily basis.

Murtha has proved to the Marines repeatedly that he no longer deserves any respect as a veteran of the Viet Nam war. Further, as a veteran of that war he needs to remember the incidents which took place that he was privileged to have knowledge of and how he would have felt if any individual would have been called cold-blooded killers before an inquiry found them so. He above all, should realize that you do not use any incident, which takes place during wartime as political advantage to promote your run for presidency, never. He should also remember the law, which states a person is innocent until proven guilty. He is insulting the memories of those fallen Heros and brothers in the Marines when he constantly rakes their actions through the mud.

I am so damned upset of his continuous use of the Corps as a means to gain office and everyone knows that is exactly what he has been doing. The man is not only disgusting he needs to have his mouth taped shut.

I am not stating that people should go unpunished for their actions, on the contrary, I am stating the justice system needs to do the job it is supposed to do and if anyone is found guilty then and only then are they are punished.

Making an entire branch of the service walk through the heated coals of insults and use them as a political stepping-stone is very wrong, as a Marine, he should know that.