Never let the facts interfere with your thought processes, SB!.

It is amazing the total disconnect between facts and reality these people have.

California Conservative notes that Congressman John Murtha is continuing a long pattern of getting it wrong when it comes to the U.S. military and the war on terror. It is scary to think that anyone still takes Murtha seriously at

Read these:

“Capt. James Kimber said he first learned about the shootings in February when he heard that a Time magazine reporter was asking questions about civilian deaths.

Kimber said he heard nothing about a civilian massacre during city council meetings and talks with local leaders.

“It would have been huge, there would have been no question it would have filtered down to us,” he said. “We reported no significant atmospheric change as a result of that day.” [Reuters]

“I would think that if it was as bad as everybody is making it out to be, I’d have heard something about it when I was there,” said the Rev. Ben Mathes, 53, whose son, 1st Lt. Adam Mathes, is Kilo company’s executive officer.

He said he also did not feel animosity from Iraqis he encountered while on patrol with Kilo company in Haditha.
“You would think that if something horrible had happened they would just disappear or just have nothing to do with these folks,” Mathes said. “They came out on the streets and brought us bread and tea and invited us into their homes. The businessmen would have them come into their shops.”

Back to Amy… mark my words, skeptic, Haditha is NOT what it’s been trumped up to be. I can almost garauntee it.

My husband spent a year there (82nd ABN) and one of the Iraqi eyewitnesses (I believe it is the coronor, I’ll have to check my sources) lied outrightly about the Marines taking over a hospital and abusing him. I’ll post an article soon about this…

You’re right, the truth DOESN’T fit Time or Murtha’s story. Shame on them.

Moving on….

Exactly what lies has the administration told to Murtha?

Take your pick.

Hmmmmm

Re-read the entire interview on CNN. Murtha is saying, accurately, that he did know if it was the bomb that killed Zarqawi, or, as has been reported, Iraqi or US troops engaged Zarqawi after the bombing. The truth-challenged Bush administration has some ’splainin’ to do, because the “facts” keep changing (as usual). All Murtha was saying is that it seems rather odd that two 500-ton bombs went off, destroying everything in sight, yet “It seemed puzzling, too, given the destruction and the condition of the other bodies, how Mr. Zarqawi’s head and upper body — shown on televisions across the world — could have remained largely intact.”

So, does Murtha doubt the success of the [US] troops? No; he doubts that the story, as told by the Bushies, is what it is. And rightly so. But, the autopsy is coming, which should place Zarqawi at his time of death, as well as the exact cause of death, and I’m sure there is a great deal of wishful thinking at Camp David this weekend that the autopsy shows Zarqawi died due to woulds inflicted by the bombs, and not something that perhaps points to another cause of death (like, say, that he was beaten to death and transported to the scene which, just coincidentally, would make it look good for the Americans).

Murtha’s points have a certain ring of truth to them, perhaps due to his 34 years as a Marine, perhaps because speaking truth to power brings credibility, and/or perhaps because he is simply right. The time has come for the US to tell the Iraqis to stand up so we can stand down, in no uncertain terms. We will be forced to redeploy the troops eventually; the handwriting is on the wall (Iran) and we’d better be prepared. This mis-guided attempt and forging democracy in the middle east is going to cost the US much, much more than this $9-billion-a-month mess we’ve made in Iraq.

And now back to our regularly scheduled program of conservative name-calling, finger-pointing and deception.

Father of man believed to be beheaded by al-Zarqawi sees no good in terrorist leader’s death

“There’s nobody done more for the troops than I have.” What planet is he from? Or has he just gotten completely wrapped up in Newspeak? I mean, at least most donkeys acknowledge some portion of reality occasionally, but this breathing abortion can’t get anything straight.

Just another example of how stupid our elected officials really believe us bumpkins are, and how short they believe our memories are.

From CNN 

Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, announced Friday that he would run for majority leader if the Democrats take over the House in the fall elections.
"If we prevail as I hope and know we will, and return to…