Silence

A liar meets the truth with silence.

from the Washington Post
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Earlier this year there was a town hall meeting on the Iraq war, sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), with the participation of such antiwar organizations as CodePink and MoveOn.org. The event also featured Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a former Marine who had become an outspoken critic of the war. To this Iraq war veteran, it was a good example of something that's become all too common: People from politics, the media and elsewhere purporting to represent "our" views. With all due respect, most often they don't.

The tenor of the town meeting was mostly what one might expect, but during the question-and-answer period, a veteran injured in Afghanistan stood up to offer his view. "If I didn't have a herniated disc, I would volunteer to go to Iraq in a second with my troops," said Mark Seavey, a former Army sergeant who had recently returned from Afghanistan. "I know you keep saying how you have talked to the troops and the troops are demoralized, and I really resent that characterization. The morale of the troops I talk to is phenomenal, which is why my troops are volunteering to go back despite the hardships. . . ."

"And, Congressman Moran, 200 of your constituents just arrived back from Afghanistan -- we never got a letter, we never got a visit from you, you didn't come to our homecoming. The only thing we got was a letter from the governor of this state thanking us for our service in Iraq, when we were in Afghanistan. That's reprehensible. I don't know who you two are talking to, but the morale of the troops is very high."

What was the response? Murtha said nothing, while Moran attempted to move on, no pun intended, stating: "That wasn't in the form of a question, it was a statement."
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Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) was recently silenced when confronted with the truth that our brave troops are proud and determined to finish their missing – their mission to rid the world of threats to freedom. Rep. Murtha is either lying, or he believes the recent poll reflecting the desire of troops to be home. Of coarse the troops want to be home. Like a patient want to be out of the hospital. But a patient on a heart-lung machine would rather stay and recover that unplug and die. They’ll be home when the job is done. And God bless them for volunteering for this missing. And for staying motivated in the face of politically motivated defeatism.


On a related note, you can support troops and families who have lost loved ones by signing this letter to the media about constant negative reinforcement about the war. (FYI: I did not get spammed from this site.)