Benedict Arnold Was a Volunteer, Too, Rep. Murtha
Credit Jason Mattera of the Young Americans Foundation for confronting Rep. Jack Murtha (D - PA) on his calling Marines in Haditha cold-blooded killers. As of this moment, the charges against them are being dropped left and right, and Murtha refuses to apologize.
In fact, Murtha even has the audacity to, instead of acknowledge that what he said was not ever supported by the facts of the case, claim moral superiority by pointing out that he volunteered for duty in Korea. As usual, Murtha tried to shield himself from any criticism by pointing out that he was, at one time, a tolerable human being and patriot.
Benedict Arnold was wounded in action in Canada when he took a round to the leg, but he kept leading his troops on in spite of the damage. He was considered a hero.
After he betrayed the U.S. at West Point, he led a small force to take Richmond and captured an American officer. Arnold asked what the Americans would do to him if they captured him. The American patriot told him they would bury his leg with full military honors and hang the rest of him.
Murtha - You are no Benedict Arnold. You are far worse. At least when Arnold changed sides, he started wearing the uniform of the enemy.
In fact, Murtha even has the audacity to, instead of acknowledge that what he said was not ever supported by the facts of the case, claim moral superiority by pointing out that he volunteered for duty in Korea. As usual, Murtha tried to shield himself from any criticism by pointing out that he was, at one time, a tolerable human being and patriot.
Benedict Arnold was wounded in action in Canada when he took a round to the leg, but he kept leading his troops on in spite of the damage. He was considered a hero.
After he betrayed the U.S. at West Point, he led a small force to take Richmond and captured an American officer. Arnold asked what the Americans would do to him if they captured him. The American patriot told him they would bury his leg with full military honors and hang the rest of him.
Murtha - You are no Benedict Arnold. You are far worse. At least when Arnold changed sides, he started wearing the uniform of the enemy.
posted by Cameron Beck at 3:07 PM
2 Comments:
This is a ridiculous and illogical comparison. I thought soldiers fought to defend Americans' freedoms, even the one to criticize them. Rep. Murtha may have been wrong, but that doesn't make him Bennedict Arnold. At least from Murtha, those are only words. It's Bush who's worse than Arnold. It's Bush who can take soldiers from harms way the instant he commands them to leave Iraq. It's Bush who lied to get the authorization to start this war. It's Bush who continues to deny responsibility in this war. It's Bush who is more like Bennedict Arnold.
Murtha was more than wrong, he was undermining the efforts to secure victory in order to achieve political favor.
The enemy will only fight as long as they feel they can achieve victory -- something they know they cannot achieve militarily, but only if we pull out voluntarily.
Any war can only be fought when a country has the approval of the sovereign (in this case, "We the People").
Thus, when efforts are taken to fallaciously remove that support, it is functionally the same as ceding to the enemy's demands.
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