Murtha calls for Lebanon ceasefire
I don't know when John Murtha really decided he was going to become the voice of reason, but he's done it again, this time calling for a ceasefire in Lebanon. This is tougher than Iraq, since Israel is the most electrified third rail of US foreign policy. It should go without saying that Murtha's point of view does not break with the fundamentally pro-Israel tilt of US foreign policy -- let alone US imperialism or its "right to warmonger" -- but it is significant that he takes on Israel at all.
Like it or not, the political vindication of the anti-war movement this fall is going to be tied to Murtha's re-election. Happily, he's going to win easily.