Murtha Causes Mixed Emotions - Call to retire

“You don’t send a balloon up and then put a pin in it,” Wilson said. “He’s gotten to the age where he should think about retiring.”

It seems that some in his hometown are starting to wonder about Murtha though some still admire the Marine veteran from the Vietnam War. Even while some sip beer at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post where Murtha’s plaque is hung, some are beginning to question.

More stories such as these need to be aired. It is time not for all the troops to come home, but time for Murtha to head home and remember his roots. The D.C. culture has rattled this one time Marine hero.

“I believed in him all these years, but I think he’s taken a stance now that’s too extreme,” Krug said between sips of beer at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 155, where Murtha is listed on a plaque as a lifelong member.

Time to come home before he continues to harm himself, his constituents and the moral of the armed forces he once serve in.