Tim Sumner

9/11, Iraq, John Murtha

Murtha and America should watch his Vietnam withdrawal from Iraq

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What does redeployment mean exactly?” asked one reporter [July 25, 2007]. “Get the hell out [of Iraq],” Mr. Murtha replied. — Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Democratic Party’s leadership wants no “change of direction” in Iraq; they want complete withdrawal. They are willing to stand by, to ignore the carnage that will come, just as they ignored the killing fields of Vietnam and Cambodia:

Another asked if any troops would stay behind to engage in counterterrorism operations. “None, zero,” [Murtha] said. He warned that an evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad could happen, repeating the images of Americans boarding a helicopter in Saigon during the final days of the Vietnam War in 1975. He dismissed calls to leave a smaller force of U.S. troops in Iraq, warning that those troops would be more vulnerable to enemy attacks because of the modern military’s considerable logistical needs.

This anti-“Bush’s war” effort was never about redeploying a significant sized forced to the “real war” in Afghanistan or to anywhere nearby to conduct anti-terror operations. It was always about a return to September 10:

“The Army is broken,” [Murtha] said. “The Army is hurting. We couldn’t deploy anyplace.”

Should he succeed, John Murtha should be redeployed to watch and listen, forced to stand atop the berm holding a white flag as our troops pass by in full retreat. He has earned their disdain.

Murtha’s eyes should be wide open. There should be no cotton in his ears. If fact, everyone in Congress who votes for withdrawal and every Presidential candidate who advocates the same should be required to stand there with him. All the anti-war mainstream media should be there; their editors and reporters dragged from their air-conditioned havens and made to watch. Let us not forget the self-proclaimed humanitarians, the anti-war whacko left. I will not name them; the list is long and their names sicken me. They should all be there.

Fly UAVs all over the killing fields. Position cameras and plant sound transmitters on each corner. Every American television station should be locked on the carnage, 24/7, uncensored, sound on, and with no commercial interruptions.

Iraq is why 9/11 is gone from the anti-war media. We watched that day in horror, when war came to our shores. We saw what happens when you do nothing to prevent a slaughter. We vowed to never forget. Yet most of America has forgotten and just shut its eyes.

If we withdraw from Iraq, it will be 9/11 there a thousand-fold, and we all should be forced to watch. When it’s over, when the screaming ends, every American should hang their head in shame.

immigration, Keeping the faith

Sam Johnson calls for prosecutor of Ramos and Compean to testify before Congress

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Reprinted from his web site:

Sam Johnson calls on Johnny Sutton to testify before Congress under oath on protecting a Mexican drug smuggler over U.S. border agents

Washington, Jul 25, 2007 —

Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) demanded that Johnny Sutton go before a House panel and testify under oath why he protected an illegal-immigrant drug smuggler over United States border agents, despite knowing full well that the smuggler had been caught running drugs again.

United States Attorney Johnny Sutton changed course and has announced that he will no longer testify before a House Foreign Affairs panel on the case involving two United States border agents sentenced to long-term prison sentences for shooting a Mexican drug runner in the buttocks. They feared for their lives and thought the drug runner was armed.

His refusal to testify comes in the wake of a special discovery. Today at a news conference on Capitol Hill, U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (46th Dist.-Calif) revealed official border crossing documents that indicate the drug smuggler in the Ramos and Compean Border Agent case was issued unfettered access to the United States after his involvement in a second drug smuggling incident [emphasis added mine]. The documents clearly prove the drug smuggler, who was given immunity to testify against Border Agents Ramos and Compean, was issued two more border passes after the government became aware of Aldrete-Davila’s involvement in a second load of narcotics. The paperwork includes six border crossing cards total.

“This is gross, just gross. Johnny Sutton needs to testify or resign. Johnny Sutton needs to declare under oath why he gave a Mexican drug smuggler a free pass to testify against border agents who were doing their jobs,” said Johnson.

Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are currently serving 11 and 12 year prison terms, respectively. The plight of the jailed border agents has garnered intense scrutiny because of the severe prosecution and unfair conviction of the agents for shooting a fleeing “illegal drug smuggler during an altercation after 740 pounds (over $1 million street value) of marijuana was discovered in his van near the border.

“It appears as though the U.S. Attorney’s Office was so intent on getting Ramos and Compean that their judgment was totally clouded to the degree they aided and abetted a criminal who was at that point actively engaged and already involved with a drug cartel,” says Rohrabacher.

“Obviously, giving a free border crossing pass to a known drug smuggler either reflects total incompetence or warped sense of prosecutorial priorities which has plagued this case from the beginning. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security have not been forthcoming about producing documents in this case and have both declined to appear before my Subcommittee to account for their actions. The U.S. Attorney’s Office withheld critical information from the jury and have continued to do so with Congress,” said Rohrabacher.

“When it comes to our U.S. border agents who are just trying to do their jobs, a United States District Attorney has a civic obligation to bring to the public’s attention any evidence that would reflect upon the credibility of a witness or dramatically change the outcome of the case.

Johnny Sutton gave the drug runner free access to cross our borders on condition that he would not smuggle drugs again. Later, Johnny Sutton found out that the witness was running drugs but still let him testify as an ‘innocent victim.’ By allowing the drug runner to testify, Johnny Sutton let a known liar testify against our own border agents.”

For months now Johnson has called on President Bush to pardon the agents from their lengthy prison terms, sadly, with little success. “Hopefully this new information will change the President’s mind,” concluded Johnson.

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