The Way I See It; Americans Are Winners

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In fairness to Congressman John Murtha, D-Pa., a great many things he said during his recent press conference were on point. The administration has made mistakes in the planning and conduct of the war in Iraq and their errors should not be immune from criticism. However, it is not criticism of the war that so many find objectionable. Constructive criticism is vital, even necessary for victory. What offends is the relativism, the defeatism, and the failure to embrace American goodness that seems to motivate so much of the Democratic critique of the war. This sentence of Murtha's stuck out like a sore thumb: "Bin Laden said he attacked the United States because of the troops in Saudi Arabia. That's terrorism. Terrorism was in London. Terrorism was in Spain. Terrorism was, obviously, in the United States...That's completely separate from what's going on in Iraq. Iraq is an insurgency."

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The Way I See It; Americans Are Winners

In fairness to Congressman John Murtha, D-Pa., a great many things he said during his recent press conference were on point. The administration has made mistakes in the planning and conduct ...

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