Congressman John Murtha Is Dead!
Congressman John Murtha, who called our troops cold blooded killers has died.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.
In 1974, Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War elected to Congress. He wielded considerable clout for two decades as a leader of the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending. But frustration over the Iraq war led him to call for an immediate pullout of U.S. troops in 2005.
Murtha’s congressional career was clouded by questions about his ethics—from the Abscam corruption probe in 1980 to more recent investigations into the special-interest spending known as earmarks and the raising of cash for election campaigns.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Condolences to his family, and I mourn his soul.
That said, maybe the good folks of his district will replace him with someone who isn’t a liar, cheat or thief. It would be a welcome change.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Fuck Murtha, MFCSPOS. He shat on my fellow Marines before they even had their day in court.
Hopefully, Murtha’s hell involves Chesty Puller’s boot up his ass while marching through the Chosin Reservoir in the middle of the Korean winter for eternity.
Semper Fi.