Melanie Morgan, local radio personality and Co-Chair of MoveAmericaForward.org on the lies of the left and Murth’s sudden (yet not) realization that we should pullout of Iraq:

Congressman John Murtha became a celebrity to anti-war groups recently when he called for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

TV analysts breathlessly reported the “stunning” development that a once-”hawkish” representative had turned on the war effort.

The anti-American message board DemocratUnderground was loaded with endless threads of discussion proclaiming the newfound bravery of Congressman Murtha.

No surprise here – Murtha was merely pulling a dishonest political stunt, and he used the willing accomplices of the old-line media and anti-war crowd to pull it off.

Fact is, 18 months earlier, Murtha stood shoulder-to-shoulder with one of the most shamefully dishonest members of Congress, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, and declared that we should cut and run from Iraq.

And this wasn’t the first time Murtha had advocated cut-and-run.

Pay attention here, because you won’t see this fact reported in any major newspaper or alphabet soup network: He gave the exact same advice to President Clinton after American troops were attacked and slaughtered by Al Qaida-backed terrorists in Somalia in 1993.

When Clinton followed Murtha’s advice, it is reported to have emboldened Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, who have both said the incident showed that Americans lacked the will to fight for what they believed in.

But there stood an anguished Congressman Murtha under the hot klieg lights, with tears in his eyes, pretending he had come to some newfound opposition to the Iraq war.

Lies, lies and more lies and cowardice in the face of America’s enemies to boot.

Is it any wonder then, that some of us do indeed question the patriotism of the anti-war crowd?

While the heroic men and women of the United States military are enduring hellish conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting Islamo-fascists intent upon murdering them, they’re being undermined here at home by shameful, guilt-ridden, spineless folks in the anti-war crowd who will tell any lie to justify their reprehensible conduct.

The next time someone on the Left attacks you, or your neighbor, or a friend for questioning their patriotism – calmly look them in the eye and answer back.

Yes, we certainly do question your patriotism.

Emphasis mine. Read the whole thing.

**UPDATE**

Seems there are some factual problems with the assertion that Murtha advised Clinton to pull out of Somalia only after U.S. Troops were attacked. As Dan @ The Other Corner points out, Murtha was against the US military involvement there from the beginning. Dan cautions conservatives on distorting Murtha’s record on Somalia and I agree. However, he is still terribly misguided on Iraq, especially when it is clear we are winning when you listen to the people that are, you know, actually there instead of listening to the MSM, the far-left, and people like Murtha who are obviously too swayed by their emotions to have a clear, rational and objective opinion.

However, Murtha’s record on Somalia aside, Melanie Morgan is still spot-on with the overall theme of her op-ed. And with only an exception for those emotionally misguided people like Murtha, I still question the patriotism of those that perpetuate lies about the war in Iraq and our military men and women for their own political gain.