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Murtha: Who you gonna call?

"Would you join (the military) today?," he was asked in an interview taped on Friday."No," replied Murtha."And I think you're saying the average guy out there who's considering recruitment is justified in saying 'I don't want to serve'," the interviewer continued."Exactly right," said Murtha.

I dont think Chesty Puller would say this. Ever...

Look, Representative Murtha is not a bystander in this anti-war stuff. He helped create the Military he now says he would not join and I dont mean in an indirect "I voted for it before I voted against it" way either. Congress members nominate people to the Military Academies. Fundamentally, you cannot be in congress and be against the "big bad war machine" if you nominate the very people who lead the military.

I also think the good people of the Murthas Congressional District should know that despite how their Representative in Congress speaks about the war, that he is still taking nominations for the US Military Academies from January 15th the September 15th, so be sure sure to get your application in early!

To Quote From Rep. Murthas Congressional Website on the subject:

"I stay in touch with the young men and women from our area attending the academies because I enjoy seeing how they mature and grow. The academies provide a tremendous opportunity for a free education, but they also mold people into leaders. It's amazing to see how they grow in confidence from one year to the next as they prepare to become the next generation of leaders of our nation's military."

Oh Really! Im sure they must be most inspired by the congressman to hear that after all the bother they went through to go to get to the academy that they really shouldn't be in there at all. Who am I talking to? Well how about the forty-nine men and women from the 12th Congressional District who were sent by Representative Murtha to the nations academies in 1999!

Quote:

Acceptance to the Military, Naval, Air Force or Merchant Marine Academy requires a political nomination for appointment; application to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy does not require a political nomination. In 1999, forty-nine men and women from the 12th Congressional District were enrolled in the Military, Naval, Air Force or Merchant Marine Academies, so I may have more nominees attending academies than any other member of Congress.
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Upon graduation from a service academy, young men and women receive a college degree as well as military experience. Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy serve at least six years of active duty starting as second lieutenants. The U.S. Naval Academy commissions its graduates as ensigns in the U.S. Navy or as second lieutenants in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years...

So, let's do the math! Representative Murtha nominated 49 men and women in 1999. I'm sure that a high number of them did go on to graduate and serve this country. Lucky them! because they did it just in time to serve this country as Junior Officers during the Iraq Campaign or in Afghanistan or during the Tsunami relief or during Hurricane Katrina, none of which Representative Murtha feels is a worthy cause. Well, I can see that Representative Murtha feels that its not a good time to join, but I am sure there are lots of people in the hills of Pakistan who survived the last earthquake becasue of aid flown in US Army Helicopters, Tsunami survivors in Indonesia who survived due to the efforts of the US Navy, Women in Afghainsitan and Iraq who were protected by Marines and Air Force Officers who feel differently than Representative Murtha and thank God for the men and women Representative Murtha sent to do their duty for this country in 1999.

But the threats to this country and the world wont end this year. When the threats to us do come in the future, who will Representative Murtha turn to now that he has told them not to come?

Posted @ January 03, 2006 03:55 PM | Current Affairs

Posted by: Darrell at January 3, 2006 09:38 PM