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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (11937)12/14/2005 4:21:40 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Obligatory disclaimer of respect for Representative Murtha's service to our country.

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But the man does not really understand American history. He made the following comment concerning our presence in Iraq.

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Murtha said the United States was seen by Iraqis as an occupier. Being in Philadelphia, he drew a comparison to the American Revolution. He said that if the French had remained in the infant United States after the Revolutionary War, "we'd have thrown them the hell out of here." That's how Iraqis are reacting now to the presence of U.S. troops, the 73-year-old congressman said.

"The Iraqis are not against democracy," he said. "They are against our occupation."
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This supposed parallel is so faulty as to earn the guy an F in American history. The French were our allies in the Revolutionary War. They were not the originators of the war, the major armies fighting the war, or the leaders of the military forces throughout the country. They gave us financial aid, and sent an army that didn't really do much that truly aided us until Yorktown. They had a navy that only made a real difference at Yorktown, but spent the rest of their time involved in the war down in the West Indies trying to expand on their possessions there while Britain was occupied in America. At the negotiating table, they were actually an obstacle to our achieving a satisfactory peace and our Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay actually had to negotiate the 1783 Treaty of Paris behind France's back. After the Revolutionary War, there was no need of French armies to maintain peace and democracy in our country.

In contrast, in a more apt parallel, we still have troops in Germany and Okinawa six decades after the end of World War II. We still have forces in Korea five decades later.

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