Breaking: Resolution for Rummy Resignation

As early reports suggest that Jack Murtha (D-PA) will introduce a resolution (full text below the jump) calling for Rumsfeld's resignation, we thought it'd be handy to look at the military records of Murtha and Rumsfeld, whose handling of the U.S. military can only be called dangerous and abominable.

Murtha (via Wikipedia):

Murtha left Washington and Jefferson College in 1952 to join the Marine Corps and was awarded the American Spirit Honor Medal for displaying outstanding leadership qualities during training. Murtha rose through the ranks to become a drill instructor at Parris Island and was selected for Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia. Murtha was then was assigned to the Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

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In 1959, Murtha, then a captain, took command of the 34th Special Infantry Company, Marine Corps Reserves, in Johnstown. He remained in the Reserves after his discharge from active duty until he volunteered for service in the Vietnam War, serving from 1966 to 1967, serving as a battalion staff officer (S-2 Intelligence Section), receiving the Bronze Star with Valor device, two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He retired from the Reserves as a colonel in 1990, receiving the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

Rumsfeld served in the United States Navy from 1954 to 1957 as a Naval aviator and flight instructor. In 1957, he transferred to the Ready Reserve and continued his Naval service in flying and administrative assignments as a drilling reservist until 1975. He transferred to the Standby Reserve when he became Secretary of Defense in 1975 and to the Retired Reserve with the rank of Navy Captain in 1989.

When the shooting started in Korea Rummy here was either 18, or about to turn 18. Not to worry for him, though — he spent the war at Princeton, wearing a ROTC uniform. Once the war was over he flew jets for the Navy for a few years. Defenders of Rumsfeld will say he’s no chickenhawk — he served, and it’s not his fault the war ended before he got his commission. To which others answer, "plenty of farmers and mechanics and kids just out of high school served. Anyone as full of whatever that stuffing in him is, could have tried out for a battlefield commission."

Expressing the Sense of Congress that the President should

immediately replace the Secretary of Defense, Donald

Rumsfeld

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 13, 2006

Mr. Murtha introduced the following resolution, which was referred to the committee

on___________

Whereas ----

After 9/11, the United States government had unprecedented support from international

allies as well as the American people for military action against al Qaeda and the

Taliban in Afghanistan

The initial phase of the war in Afghanistan was successful in dismantling al Qaeda

operations, removing the Taliban authority which was harboring al Qaeda, and allowing

for the Afghani people to establish a representative government

The Secretary of Defense imposed a cap on the number of ground forces in Afghanistan

prior to the war in Iraq

The Bush administration concluded in April 2002 that Osama bin Laden was in Tora

Bora, Afghanistan during the battle for Tora Bora in December of 2001 and that the

failure to commit the sufficient number of ground forces directly resulted in the failure to

capture him

A resurgence of Taliban influence and violence is now occurring in Afghanistan

In the months prior to the war in Iraq, The Secretary of Defense repeatedly and forcefully

asserted to Congress and the American people that there was no question that there were