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Murtha Still Milking Liberal Talking Points

J.J. Jackson* | October 31, 2006 

Action Line: Murtha: ‘There Is No Question’ The U.S. Military Is Turning Against The Iraq War (Think Progress )

SCHIEFFER: We keep hearing from people who say the American military is turning against the war. Now, you have a lot of contacts in the military community. Do you think there is anything at all to that?

MURTHA: Well, there is no question about it. They’re frustrated. They realize — listen, the plan has changed from weapons of mass destruction to al Qaeda to topple Hussein to stabilize Iraq to democratize Iraq. We need an achievable plan. We don’t have that. The military operates best when it has an achievable plan. These folks are going back in less than a year. There is no question about the hardship on this small proportion of people, and we’re spending $8 billion a month, $11 million an hour.

Yes, they are turning so much against the war that a web site dedicated solely to finding soldiers that disagree with the President and the Iraq War has garnered a whole 118 signatures! Stop the presses!

As usual, John Murtha is showing how much of a political hack he is. As early as 1998 the stated goal of the United States was regime change in Iraq. In fact President Bush (and you can read his speeches leading up to the war yourself) constantly refer to several reasons why we were moving including human rights violations, the United Nations and nearly every other intelligence agency around the world said Saddam was not complying with his agreement on WMDs, regime change and setting up a government by Iraqis in Iraq, etc.

But those are too much of “inconvenient truths” for John Murtha who makes his Congressional living off of defense contracts. One would think he’d be a little more appreciative of the men and women that serve this country.

Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (Book) Authors:John E. O’Neill, Jerome R. Corsi Manufacturer:Regnery Publishing, Inc. Released:August, 2004

Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security (Book) Authors:Robert Patterson Manufacturer:Regnery Publishing, Inc. Released:25 July, 2004

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