Murtha: exercise free speech - don't join

He has a every right to speak, and comes from a 37 year background in the Marines. But the man acts as if there was no threat from Iraq, nor any lingering threat from AQ for that matter:

"Would you join (the military) today?," he was asked in an interview taped on Friday.

"No," replied Murtha of Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives subcommittee that oversees defense spending and one of his party's leading spokesmen on military issues.

Note to John- the US military isn't just fighting in Iraq. Perhaps he can enlighten us on our Bosnia/Kosovo exit strategy.

MORE 1/3/06

Just saw this. It puts the chickenhawk charge the article above was flirting with into proper perspective.

MORE 1/5/06

Peter Pace seems concerned. His concern would seem to me well founded.