John Murtha deserves a swift kick to the balls

It always bears repeating that despite his admirable criticism of the Iraq War, Rep. John Murtha is a slimey bastard:

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recently thought out loud about cutting major weapons programs like Lockheed and Boeing’s $143 million F-22 Air Force raptor jet and Boeing and SAIC’s $160 billion Future Combat Systems. Gates has argued that they bear no relevance to counterinsurgency fighting that is currently taking place in Iraq and Afghanistan. But Russia’s invasion of Georgia at least raises the possibility of a future U.S.-Russia conflict. according to Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Pa.), who said as much to the Journal.

But Murtha’s analysis and that of other lawmakers may have more to do with the jobs these weapons systems generate for their constituents. Murtha now wants to spend $523 million to buy 20 more F-22’s than the White House has proposed.

In other words, Murtha wants to do his part to push the United States closer to a catastrophic war with Russia, and not surprisingly, the mainstream press finds this completely acceptable.

Awesome.