He served honorably in the Marines

That may well be true, but there is a precedent…

Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 — June 14, 1801) was a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for betraying the United States forces and plotting to surrender the American fort at West Point, New York, to the British during the American Revolution.

Arnold had distinguished himself as a hero of the revolution early in the war through acts of cunning and bravery at Fort Ticonderoga in 1775, the march to Canada, attack on Montreal and besieging of Quebec in 1775, the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain in 1776, the Battles of Danbury and Ridgefield in Connecticut (after which he was promoted to Major General) and at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. However, Arnold strongly opposed the decision by the Continental Congress to form an alliance with France. Disaffected because of grievances with the Continental Congress (despite his seniority and accomplishments, Congress had passed Arnold over for promotion), suffering from mounting personal debt (he had personally paid for nearly all of the expenditures of his Continental forces while in Canada), and facing corruption charges filed by the Pennsylvania civil authorities (at the instigation of a man Arnold had stripped of command at Ticonderoga), Arnold also faced pressure at home from his young second wife Peggy Shippen, herself a British Loyalist.

In the fields of intelligence, counterintelligence and even operational security, you are taught to recognize when those in positions of power have come under the control of others through the process of subornation — which is espionage lingo for being blackmailed.

That’s why all those in positions of special trust and confidence undergo a background investigation in order to qualify for a security clearance. While the lowliest janitor and secretary has to qualify for a clearance, those elected officials often have their own backgrounds glossed over, particularly if there is an already corrupt apparatus in place to make sure the newly-suborned aren’t subjected to any serious scrutiny.

Anyone following the events inside the Clinton Whitehouse will recall how many of the personnel and staffers were granted high-level access without even being cleared. And those Republicans who HAD been cleared had their FBI files illegally recorded by the Clinton operatives.

My guess is that someone has gotten to Murtha, very likely due to his corrupt background and now he is a Demoncratic puppet.

Do I have proof? No, but the indicia of subornation and betrayal is there for all to see.

“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth devil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.“
Matthew 7:16-21

Yeah,well it’s a good thing you don’t get to decide that!

Yeah, well it’s a good thing you don’t get to decide that!

Puzzle,

I don’t have to. It was decided long before either Murtha or I went through boot camp. A United States Marine does NOT, EVER, EVER, abandon a fellow Marine. Jack Murtha has done exactly that. End of story.

He may have served, and served honorably in the US Marine Corps, but Jack Murtha is NOT a Marine!

I’ve known a few Marines in my time. I took fencing classes from a Marine who was pushing 80. He’d hit the south Pacific beaches in WWII and at four score years could score points on any 20 yr. old in the joint.

Most Marines I’ve talked to tell me there is no such thing as an “ex-Marine”.

Once a Marine, always a Marine!.

Jack Murtha is the exception to that rule.

Gents,

I agree with you both, and more to the point, a Marine (as Quentin Tarantino might have said it in PULP FICTION) does not betray his fucking country.

US Code TITLE 10, Subtitle A, PART II,CHAP 31, § 502

“I, __[name]___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance
to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of
the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help
me God.”

Murtha and his Fellow Traveler Leftists and traitors are betraying the United States, our allies, and every single human who values and deserves life and freedom.

They are working towards a victory for tyrants and setting up (yet again) a slaughter of innocents, as they did in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Iran, South Africa, Rhodesia and SW Africa.

Once is accident
Twice is coincidence
Three times is enemy action

– Act accordingly.

Murtha quit being a Marine when he betrayed his Oath, his Corps and his Country.

Hey Murtha, just stand downrange for a second, why dontcha…

…Saddam Hussein’s palace – that’s where our troops are living,” -Jack (Ass) Murtha

All our troops Jack??? Hell! Let’s put that on the recruiting posters! Go to Iraq- live in a palace!

Here’s a link to a Michelle Malkin column, with a photgraph of marines sleeping on the floor of an Iraqi house, huddled together for warmth.

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/2007_01.htm

My father-in-law, who died much too young almost 17 years ago, was one of those ramrod-straight gyrenes who stormed the beaches in the South Pacific with the 4th Marine Division. He joined as soon as he turned 18 in 1942 – his mother, a pacifist wouldn’t give her permission for him to join sooner. He was wounded three times. He always resented bitterly the civilians who took upon themselves the responsibility to “oversee” the Corps as a guise to gut or divert its mission. Eleanor Roosevelt publicly stated during WWII that the Marines would have to spend months after the war “re-civilizing” before returning to their loved ones stateside. I am not sure when Murtha turned against the military,? BUT he certainly has. Maybe it was the bitter disappontment of Vietnam? OR when his corruption was exposed for all to see during Abscam. I know why the MSM gives him a pass. BUT his statements are so rambling and incoherent. It appears he is mentally deranged????

He served honorably in the Marines, which he should be commended for, but right now he is doing this country and it’s military a grave disservice.