Murtha Want To “Change Course”

J.J. Jackson* | January 19, 2007

John Murtha is still trying to gain traction for his views on Iraq. It obviously wasn’t enough that before the election when issues such as “redeploying” the troops came up for a vote they lost bog time.

01/15/06 “Washington Times” — – Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, yesterday announced plans to introduce legislation that would cut off funding for President Bush’s proposed surge of American troops into Baghdad.

“I think our hearings will show that even Republicans will vote with us when the bill finally comes up,” Mr. Murtha, chairman of the Appropriations defense subcommittee, said during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”

Mr. Murtha said that he doesn’t think Democrats can stop Mr. Bush from instituting the first wave of a troop surge, but that his panel will be able to pass legislation to stop further waves within a month. “I don’t know how many troops they can get in the field before we get our bill up and passed in the Congress,” he said.

White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters last week that Mr. Bush already has the funds needed to support a troop surge. “Funding for the forces and to dispatch them to the region, it’s already in the budget,” he said. “So we’re going to proceed with those plans.”

But Mr. Murtha told ABC, “We’re going to have extensive hearings, and we’re going to look at exactly how much money he has.”

“And we’re going to try to change the direction of this war,” he said.

So what “change” in direction would that be?

Well, let’s look at the current direction which is that Iraqi troops are being trained and regularly taking the lead in operations against terrorists. So the “change” would be what? Would it be for the American forces to take the lead and make the Iraqi’s the backup?

Also the new Iraqi government is currently working and completely autonomous. What “change” should me make? Throw them out and install an American Provincial Governor to rule?

I find this posturing and puffing hilarious. John “Cut and Run” Murtha knows that he cannot get enough support to get the troops out and institute his idea of “flee” (run away) and “plea” (ask the terrorists nicely not to attack us) plan. But he keeps trying anyway!

Fairness Doctrine mandated response by John Q. Liberal:

YOU’RE JUST A NAZI! RAHHHHHHHHHHRR!!!!!!!

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