Now, the other day we were doing a debate, and [the Republicans] said, “Well, Beirut was a different situation. We cut and run.” We didn’t cut and run. President Reagan made the decision to change direction because he knew he couldn’t win it. Even in Somalia, President Clinton made the decision, “We have to, we have to change direction…need to change direction. We can’t win a war like this.”
In his 37 years in the military, John Murtha won two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star with a Combat "V," and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. As a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania for the past 31 years, he has been a fierce hawk, championing conflicts in Central America and the Persian Gulf
Now for some idiotic reason certain traitors on a certain end of the political spectrum have taken his observations on Beirut and Somalia to mean that he actually endorsed the pullouts before they took place. This is not the case, he just said that sometimes you have to change your path.
2006-06-28
05:47:38
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JoeThatUKnow
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