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November 3, 2007

"There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages.”

1. Sen. John Kerry, Meet the Press, NBC, 1971

Truth is always a nice touch when writing opinion columns about controversial subjects – such as who’s demeaning our troops and who isn’t.  In writing about this very subject, Leonard Pitts of The Miami Herald crosses the line from opinion into the absurd.   

To his credit, Pitts, in defending the honor of our troops, lays some ridicule on Sen. Harry Reid for his mass e-mail condemning Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” comments without a similar letter decrying MoveOn.Org’s “General Betray Us” ad.   So far, so good.  But then Pitts goes off the deep end.

He lunges into a defense of four politicians who he says have had their patriotism attacked.   All four of these men, former Sen. Max Cleland, Sen. John McCain, Sen. John  Kerry and Rep. John Murtha are or were elected officials who understand the blood sport of politics.  But some of these gentlemen have been pretty hard on the troops themselves.

Take a look at the quote from John Kerry regarding the War in Vietnam.  Kerry’s leftist anti-war rhetoric is legendary, and no one has a worse record than he does at disparaging our troops.  You don’t even have to believe the “Swift Boat” allegations against him to see that. 

Then, there’s U.S. Representative John Murtha who is the John Kerry of the Iraq War.  No one stepped up quicker than Murtha to disparage our troops – without evidence – in the Haditha incident.  In late 2005, Murtha was mouthing off that not only had U.S. Marines murdered innocent Iraqis, but that the incident was even worse than originally thought:

It's much worse than reported in Time magazine. There was no fire fight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood. And that's what the report is going to tell.

1. Rep. John Murtha, May 18, 2006

So what did John Murtha know and when did he know it?  If Mr. Pitts had done his due diligence, he would have learned that Murtha’s comments came before the conclusion of the official investigation.  Furthermore, those Iraqis who claim to have witnessed the murders have been so inconsistent that the investigating officer suggested dropping many of the charges.  As of September, 2007 only one Marine – Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich --  stands charged with murder.

Rep. Murtha was quick to demean the military, speaking out even before he had been briefed.  Sen. Kerry is well known for accusing the military in Vietnam of unproven atrocities – and even claiming that he was a willing participant.  And yet, Mr. Pitts lavishes praise on Kerry:  “…a war hero with a record to prove it…”

Kerry could have been prosecuted based on self-incrimination if he’d been telling the truth.

So why would Leonard Pitts, a talented and respected writer, go to such lengths to defend the honor of guys like Kerry and Murtha who have so overtly dishonored our troops – while blasting Rush Limbaugh who has NEVER done that.

It’s not truth; it’s politics.

Mr. Pitts knows that he can’t point to a single truthful incident where Mr. Limbaugh, or any other conservative radio host, has disparaged the troops.  It is not in our nature to do so.  Pitts has to know the truth behind the “phony soldiers” comment.  

We all agree there is a line that no one should step over with regard to disparaging our soldiers.  Leonard Pitts and most Americans agree that MoveOn.Org crossed over that line.  But so did John Kerry and so did John Murtha. 

Lynn Woolley is a nationally syndicated talk show host on the SSI radio network. E-mail him at lynn@BeLogical.com