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It could be that what people heard Murtha say is not what, completely, he meant, that in deference to respect for the office of presiding military commanders and political leaders, he bit his tongue and left much unsaid.

Here we go again.....al-Murthawi NEVER seems to mean what he says and someone else has to come out and tell the world what he said when he said what he said. Do I sound like the old codgers handlers now?

Murtha, a Vietnam veteran, has been tempered by war. Many of those who think they understand what they think he said are not.

Ohfercryinoutloud. He was in VN 40 years ago as an intel officer, not a grunt or tunnel rat. Heck, I can barely remember 40 years ago and I'm a generation younger than he is.

What I heard Murtha say is a call to his president as commander in chief to present a clear statement of objectives for military involvement in Iraq.....

Thank God al-Murthawi is NOT the Commander-in-Chief!
Clearly he has no mind and/or is illiterate. Here's the dang "clear statement of objectives" in Iraq:
National Strategy for Victory in Iraq that old Johnny was to busy to read in November 2005 as he was running from one talk show to the other to demand we cut-n-run!

and a realistic timetable for accomplishment of the objectives, which would lead to the end of the necessity for military presence.

You do tell the enemy when you will quit! For such a high and mighty fancy man you ain't too smart Mr. Thomas A. Sabo of Johnstown, a former newsman and former English teacher in the Westmont Hilltop School District.