11 U.S. Soldiers Die in One Day
The U.S. military said Friday that six more
American troops died in the recent surge of violence in Iraq, bringing to
11 the number of U.S. troops slain on the same day. AP
Desperate, with support dying, Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, is trying to blame Jack Murtha for dismal military recruitment.
Read the above headline again, then consider the general's outlandish
assertions. Better yet, read Murtha's response to Pace's charge, which directly
implicates the general in actually siding with Murtha on our Iraqi realities.
In a statement released Thursday, Murtha
said: “The military had no problem recruiting directly after
9/11 because everyone understood that we had been attacked. But now the military's
ability to attract recruits is being hampered by the prospect of prolonged,
extended and repeated deployments, inadequate equipment, shortened home stays,
the lack of any connection between Iraq and the brutal attacks of 9/11, and
— most importantly — the administration's constantly changing,
undefined, open-ended military mission in Iraq.”Later Thursday, Murtha said he's spoken with military
leaders and “they're frustrated by their mission.”Speaking before a town hall meeting on Iraq in Arlington,
Va., hosted by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., Murtha said Pace called him to discuss
the war.“Peter Pace told me this last night: They
know militarily they can't win this,” Murtha said. …
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