Murtha Makes Threats to Political Opponent
Lt. Colonel Bill Russell (USAR ret.) ran against John Murtha in the 2008 Congressional campaign and plans to run against him again in 2010. A fifth generation soldier, Russell began his military career as an Enlisted man, attended West Point, graduated from Louisiana State University, and earned his commission through Officer Candidate’s School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Russell has been nothing but a credit to the uniform he wore, while his once and future opponent has disgraced his uniform with the fraudulent massacre charges he brought up against marines serving in Iraq and the way he has used the defense budget as his own personal pork-barrel.
Murtha found a new way to disgrace the uniform he once wore, by having one of his aides threaten to have Bill Russel returned to active duty so he can be court marshaled: