
From
Scrappleface by Scott Orr:
Democrats Vow to Fight On After Zarqawi Loss(2006-06-09) — As Blackberry devices and cell phones on Capitol Hill hummed with news of the
death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi yesterday, Congressional Democrats vowed that despite the
loss they would
fight on in “the war on the war on terror.”
“Zarqawi will be missed because he put a human face on the
futility of the illegal U.S. occupation of Iraq,” said one unnamed lawmaker, who assured a reporter that “
Democrats are still optimistic. We’re still looking for the
silver lining.”
Rep. John Murtha, D-PA, a former Marine and vocal critic of the military occupation of
Iraq, immediately denounced “the Zarqawi massacre” and suggested that the F-16 pilot who dropped the bombs had snapped under pressure and murdered the al Qaeda leader “in cold blood.”