Name a ship after John Murtha? Are you out of your mind?

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Only if we were naming target drones after this EX-Marine would naming anything military after John Murtha be something I could support.

Controversy flares over ship named for Murtha:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the Navy’s decision to name an amphibious warship after Rep. John Murtha, but the formal announcement last Friday added fuel to an already smoldering backlash online.

Murtha — “our dear Jack,” as Pelosi referred to him — deserved the honor as a tireless advocate for troops generally and Marines in particular, she said, and she recalled admiring his rapport with them.

Well you are a vapid idiot Nancy Pelosi, so please forgive me for judging him on something that matters to us Marines and obviously not politicians such as yourself – honor, loyalty, and integrity. Three things John Murtha did not represent in all his years in the Congress.

The Navy was getting angry responses even on its own official website, where visitors used the same page where the announcement appeared to criticize it. Visitors called the decision to name a ship for Murtha “an absolute disgrace,” “inappropriate” and said it was just as bad as naming a warship for Benedict Arnold.

“The naming of LPD 26 after John Murtha is inappropriate,” wrote David Martin. “There many men and women with greater records of valor and service to the country who deserve the honor of having a warship named in their memory before John Murtha has a warship [named] in his honor. He made sure there was an airport named after himself. What more does there need to be?”

He turned his back on all Marines when he judged a group of them for something about which he knew none of the facts. You only need betray fellow Marines once in my opinion to surrender any claim for honor or glory.

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