For the Record

Here is an article discussing the Sun-Sentinel's correction of an assertion, discussed on this blog here, that John Murtha had stated that the USA is a greater threat to world peace than North Korea or Iraq.

Apparently, Murtha wasn't making the declaration on his own behalf; rather, the paper misinterpreted his comments with regard to a poll that purported to show much of the world expressing the opinion.

Finally, please note that such a story would have never passed the laugh test had it been attributed to many, many other politicians in both parties. I'm frequently critical of both John McCain and Hillary Clinton, for example, but I (and most others) would have been far more suspicious of a news report attributing such a remark to either of them.

It's a sad commentary on Murtha that so many people would believe, in good conscience, that he made ridiculous anti-American remarks. In this case, however, the reports were wrong, and the correction is duly noted here.