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NEWS FLASH: U.S. Rep. John Murtha officially not intelligent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. presence in Iraq is hurting the worldwide war on terrorism and benefits only Iran and al Qaeda, U.S. Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) said on Sunday. Uh huh... opposed to the U.S. succeeding in Iraq and Afghanistan, giving freedom to some 50 million people, and creating a long term solution to terrorism through democracy... but hey lets give up on that its bad for the war on terrorism. "The only people who want us in Iraq are Iran and al-Qaeda," Murtha said on CBS's "Face the Nation" political talk show. "And I talked to a top-level commander the other day and he said China wants us there also. Why? Because we're depleting our resources ... our troop resources and our fiscal resources. "... The war on terrorism is worldwide. In Iraq, it's a civil war," said Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat. Hmm its amazing to me that today top U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace said Iraq is not on the brink of civil war, but yet Murtha still claims this. I wonder who has spent more time in Iraq, Gen. Pace or Murtha??? Murtha, who in November called for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, said it was useless for the United States to advise Iraqis. "One of the problems I see and frustrating things is our ambassador keeps giving advice to the Iraqis," Murtha said. "Every time we give the Iraqis advice, they vote for someone else ... The Iraqis don't pay attention to our advice." How is this guy a U.S. Rep.?????? The U.S. role in fighting terrorism around the world is being subverted by Iraq, said Murtha, who characterized the sectarian strife between Iraq's Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims as a civil war that must be settled internally. Murtha, a decorated Vietnam veteran who retired from the Marines Corps Reserve as a colonel in 1990, said Iraq would do a better job of rooting out terrorists once U.S. troops leave the country. Ummm not if the Iraqi government falls in a coup b/c we left too soon. More or less its- Murtha: Lets give control of Iraq over to Zarqawi "I'm convinced they know where they are, they know who they are," he said. "But they won't tell us because they've turned against us. We've lost the hearts and minds of the people." Apparnetly Murtha didn't read the article posted yesterday about Sunni tribesmen capturing over 1000 terrorists and turning them over to the Iraqi national government. The United Nations is scrutinizing Iran because of its nuclear research but Murtha said Tehran has become emboldened because of the U.S. focus in Iraq. "We have a situation where our military is in such bad shape, it couldn't deploy to a second front," Murtha said. "And the Iranians know this. North Korea knows it. China knows it. We're depleting our resources in Iraq." Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday and said the war in Iraq was going "very, very well" but Murtha was skeptical. "Why would I believe him?" he said. "This administration, including the president, has mischaracterized this war for the last two years ... So why would I believe the chairman of the Joint Chiefs when he says things are going well?" Refer to my earlier comment about Gen. Pace Posted by: bgrebel 2006-03-06 |
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