Gen. Pace Criticizes Sen. Murtha Remark [remarks about the military are damaging

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Headline is wrong, Murtha is a Congressman, not a Senator.

Gen. Pace Criticizes Sen. Murtha Remark [remarks about the military are damaging to troop morale…]

Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked at a Pentagon news conference to comment on remarks by Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., a Marine Corps veteran who has become a leading voice in Congress advocating an early withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. Murtha told ABC News this week that if he were eligible to join the military he would not, nor would he expect others to join.

“That’s damaging to recruiting,” Pace said. “It’s damaging to morale of the troops who are deployed and it’s damaging to the morale of their families who believe in what they are doing to serve this country.”

Pace called the news conference to discuss his weeklong trip to Iraq and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region. He said he found good troop morale and a “quiet confidence” that U.S. efforts in Iraq were on the right track.

…“When a respected leader like Mr. Murtha, who has spent 37 extremely honorable years as a Marine, fought in two wars, has served the country extremely well in the Congress of the United States — when a respected individual like that says what he said, and 18- and 19-year-olds look to their leadership to determine how they are expected to act, they can get the wrong message,” Pace said.

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Murtha told ABC News this week that if he were eligible to join the military he would not, nor would he expect others to join.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com …
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what military would want him??

He is right on “pace” to be voted out of congress.
 
Video is here:
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Is Gen. Pace a sage or just another politician? Same article:

“…Pace also predicted that the Saddam Hussein loyalists and other Iraqis who comprise the great bulk of the insurgency will increasingly give up, now that Iraq has approved its own constitution and held elections.”

"…In describing the continuing violence, Pace pointedly referred to terrorists and the al-Qaida network, rather than the anti-government Iraqis who are believed to comprise more than 90 percent of the insurgency.

…“I do believe that over the course of the coming year that violence will subside,” he said."

Well, at least 183 folks were blown up dead in the last 2 days in Iraq, so maybe a real good case can be made that the civil war is ready to rage, and time will tell us soon enough whether or not Gen. Pace has any clue regarding Iraqis pulling together now that they’ve all taken their votes.

We do know that one half of IEDs are dicovered only when they blow us up. That statistic hasn’t changed in a long time. The article didn’t mention what Gen. Pace is doing about it and what that statistic does for morale.
 
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Is Gen. Pace a sage or just another politician? Same article:

“…Pace also predicted that the Saddam Hussein loyalists and other Iraqis who comprise the great bulk of the insurgency will increasingly give up, now that Iraq has approved its own constitution and held elections.”

"…In describing the continuing violence, Pace pointedly referred to terrorists and the al-Qaida network, rather than the anti-government Iraqis who are believed to comprise more than 90 percent of the insurgency.

…“I do believe that over the course of the coming year that violence will subside,” he said."

Well, at least 183 folks were blown up dead in the last 2 days in Iraq, so maybe a real good case can be made that the civil war is ready to rage, and time will tell us soon enough whether or not Gen. Pace has any clue regarding Iraqis pulling together now that they’ve all taken their votes.

We do know that one half of IEDs are dicovered only when they blow us up. That statistic hasn’t changed in a long time. The article didn’t mention what Gen. Pace is doing about it and what that statistic does for morale.
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Yeah, your probably right. I imagine someone who is directing the entire military operations in Iraq doesn’t have a clue about what’s going on over there, and probably doesn’t have a feel for the mood of the Iraquis and our troops. I’d rather get my information from someone unbiased like CNN.:rolleyes:

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You know, the real killer about General Pace criticizing Rep. Murtha is that the press cannot attack the General as someone not qualified to question a great veteran such as the congressman.

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You know, the real killer about General Pace criticizing Rep. Murtha is that the press cannot attack the General as someone not qualified to question a great veteran such as the congressman.

Peace

Tim
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I’m surprised that they didn’t call Gen. Pace a lackey for the Commander in Chief, though.

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