tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post1916034137938076928..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Losing my religion over MurthaRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-21053845167973532172007-02-21T06:46:00.000-06:002007-02-21T06:46:00.000-06:00As I understand it, he wants them to train with th...As I understand it, he wants them to train with the equipment that they will have in Iraq and that's not possible because they don't take that stuff out of theater. He's requiring a level of readiness-perfection that the military itself does not require in the real world. This isn't about readiness - as Murtha concedes.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-24244248513332086362007-02-20T18:04:00.000-06:002007-02-20T18:04:00.000-06:00If I read Murtha's proposal right--and since I'm l...If I read Murtha's proposal right--and since I'm looking at his words, I think I am--he's asking that any troops to be redeployed "must have the equipment and the training and they must be certified by the Chiefs of the various services before they can go back."<BR/><BR/>What's wrong with that? After four years of this administration's overextending our military, Murtha gets called a traitor because he wants our troops to be adequately trained and equipped? I don't get it, Rick.Jay Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-27591766025618481812007-02-20T01:00:00.000-06:002007-02-20T01:00:00.000-06:00Murtha is a traitor. There is no other name for a ...Murtha is a traitor. There is no other name for a vet that would leave his brothers-in-arms in danger.<BR/><BR/>Calling him unpatriotic is doing the bastard a favor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-66869605775716086992007-02-19T17:33:00.000-06:002007-02-19T17:33:00.000-06:00That's a really unfortunate name given to his poli...That's a really unfortunate name given to his policy. Most people will hear "slow bleed" and that will translate into soldiers being strung out and left incredible vulnerable. It won't be slow bleeding the policy, it'll be slow bleeding the men and women there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-11301798592270007862007-02-19T13:59:00.000-06:002007-02-19T13:59:00.000-06:00No. What would make sense then is to vote to defun...No. What would make sense then is to vote to defund the war by a date certain. "Slowly bleeding" the troops so the administration has to fold seems likely to trade lives for political expendiency.Rick Esenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-26366247046577884362007-02-19T13:04:00.000-06:002007-02-19T13:04:00.000-06:00If you take him at his word (a stretch, I admit), ...If you take him at his word (a stretch, I admit), he believes that our presence in Iraq is causing the violence there. His policies make sense, given that belief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com