It has become the standard tactic of the Left, Democrats in particular, to make anyone in their ranks who served in Viet Nam the ultimate authority on war. This is in spite of the fact that the Left hated our involvement in Viet Nam and succeeded in turning public opinion against the troops.
I remember those days very well. I remember service men and woman being spat upon by citizens back home when these brave soldiers returned from their tour of duty. Insults were hurled their way by long-haired, nasty, and smelly freaks who called them 'baby killers' and the like. These people voted with Democrats and supported people like George McGovern, who, by the way, has been tapped by the new Congress to give them 'counsel on how to conduct the war in Iraq.'
Remember that it was George McGovern who stated during his Presidential campaign against Richard Nixon in 1972, 'I would go to Hanoi and get down on my hands and knees and beg the North Vietnamese to release our prisoners if elected.'
John Murtha is one of the ones the Democrats love to roll out before the public in order to blast the Bush Administration over the War in Iraq. No one is supposed to question his views, however, because 'he served in Viet Nam.' It was the very same mantra that was meant to shield John Kerry from criticism on his views on Iraq, i.e., 'But, Kerry served honorably in Viet Nam.'
This is no guarantee, however, that a person possesses intelligence or rational insight. People of all stripes fight in wars, from geniuses to imbeciles. One wonders which category Murtha fits into when one takes a look at some of his statements.
Murtha, when speaking about our strategy in Iraq, stated, 'Winning is not a strategy. Victory is not a strategy.'
In addition, this is what Murtha said when the Democrats won control of Congress:
'Listen, this is not a dictatorship. The President can say all he wants to. The President has, has no power. The President is a, a perception of power. And heÂ’s lost that power in this election.'
Apparently Murtha has never bothered to read that much-ignored document called the U. S. Constitution, or if he did, he did not comprehend. The Executive Branch has equal power to the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch no matter who wins in midterm elections.
This is the kind of rhetoric that is very dangerous because there are people in the electorate who will believe Murtha without checking into the facts. With the dumbing down of our educational system many of our citizens have no clue as to what is contained in the Constitution, and frankly, they don't care. They have been brainwashed by the Left, by judicial activists, and by demagogues like John Murtha to believe that the Constitution is only a part of history, that it has no real power today, and that the rule of law in this country is only what Judges say it is.
Therefore, who cares that the Constitution has created a careful balance of power between the President, the Congress, and the Supreme Court? The Democrats picked up seats in the midterm elections, after all. This means that the President has been stripped of all of his Constitutional power, according to Murtha.
If Americans accept statements such as this without question, then we are in more trouble than I thought as a nation.
Murtha has indicated he will run for Majority Leader of the House. I think it is wonderful and I hope he wins. This will mean that his alarming lack of comprehension of basic Constitutional principles will be on full display for the next two years. The American people need to become aware of the astounding ignorance exhibited by our new leaders in Congress.
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