MURTHA

“You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.” —Thucydides

News Story: More Haditha Marine Charges Dropped

Well, well, well. It took a college student to do the media's job. Jason Materra of the Young America's Foundation with a video camera to ask the tough (but simple) question:

Congressman Murtha? Jason Mattera, Young America's Foundation. Now that the murder charges against Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt and Steven Tatum have been dropped in the Haditha incident or are in the process of being dropped, would you like to issue an apology for saying that they "killed innocent civilians in cold blood"?

A pointed, but very reasonable question. Our elected officials must remain accountable for their actions. But, alas, the hardest words to say are, "I'm sorry."

Here's the rest of the exchange:

MURTHA: The trial is still going on.

MATTERA: Justin Sharratt and Steven Tatum, the two men you accused of murdering innocent civilians in cold blood --

MURTHA: The trial is still going on.

MATTERA: No. No, the charges are in the process of being dismissed.

MURTHA: I don't know what's going on.

MATTERA: They're in the process of being dismissed.

MURTHA: Out! Out!

MATTERA: Do you like besmirching our troops, sir? Do you like besmirching our troops, sir?

MURTHA: You been in the service? I enlisted in Korea, and I enlisted in Vietnam.

MATTERA: Sir, you accused them of murdering innocent civilians in cold blood. That's something that would come from Al Jazeera, not a congressman, sir.

Of course, the fact that he served in the military (during both Korea and Viet Nam, thank you Senator) has nothing to do with making irresponsible statements and accusing our men in uniform of "murdering in cold blood."

(By the way, is there any other kind? If you don't murder someone in "cold blood", what happens? But, I digress.)

This is just another example of endless examples of: 'if you can't win the argument, shut down the debate, by any means, i.e, violence, shouting down, name calling, character assassination, denigrating your opponent, etc.'

You know the drill the left uses.

See it in action ..... on tape: