Murtha Slanders Marines

I didn't think this guy could get any lower, a former Marine himself. Here's what he said:

Murtha, a vocal opponent of the war in Iraq, said at a news conference Wednesday that sources within the military have told him that an internal investigation will show that "there was no firefight, there was no IED (improvised explosive device) that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood."

And here's James Taranto of Opinion Journal's take:

What happened in Haditha we know not, but we can tell you that Murtha's description is false, for the simple reason that it is self-contradictory. If the Marines "overreacted," then the killings were not premeditated. They could not have killed both in the heat of the moment and in cold blood. Murtha therefore either is slandering the Marines by exaggerating their guilt or making excuses for horrific war crimes.

Like John Kerry during the election, it seems Murtha wants to revive memories of Vietnam for his own purposes, hang the truth and American morale!

Blogs for Bush says Murtha is a "traitor".