25 Quotes by John Murtha

We cannot win this militarily. Our tactics themselves keep us from winning,

The public turned against this war before I said it. The public is emotionally tied into finding a solution to this thing, and that's what I hope this administration is going to find out.

There's no way we can win a war when you've lost not only the hearts and minds of the people (of Iraq), when you become the enemy.

I volunteered for a year's duty in Vietnam. I was out in the field almost every single day. We took heavy casualties in my regiment the year that I was there. In my fitness reports, I was rated No. 1. My record is clear.

Questions about my record are clearly an attempt to distract attention from the real issue, which is that our brave men and women in uniform are dying and being injured every day in the middle of a civil war that can be resolved only by the Iraqis themselves.

People are unhappy about it, Republicans and Democrats. They all realize that the Iraqis aren't going to do any fighting until we decide that they're going to take over. As soon as the elections are over and the constitution is ratified, you're going to find American forces drawn down. The public's against it. The military's overextended. There's no place else to go.

That's not the point. We want to protect our guys. This is all about our guys, and our moral standards and our moral standards in the world.

They're subdued compared to normal morale of elite forces. Obviously, it was a very difficult battle. A lot of Somalis were killed, but it was a brutal battle.

All of us want to support the president when he's at war, ... But you can't support him when he won't change directions, won't listen.