Murtha pushes new troop withdrawal plan ["This is big time," Murtha, D-Pa., told reporters....]

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[Sub-Driver]

Murtha pushes new troop withdrawal plan

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 3 minutes ago

A leading Democratic House Iraq war critic said Wednesday he'll soon push legislation that would order U.S. troop withdrawals to begin in two months and predicted Republicans will swing behind it this time.

A vote on Rep. John Murtha's proposal likely will come in September, when Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus delivers a long-anticipated assessment on the war and members of Congress weigh some $600 billion in defense spending requested by President Bush.

Under his plan, Murtha, a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said that he envisions troop withdrawals to start in November and take about a year to complete.

The House has passed similar proposals in the past, including one that Bush vetoed. But Murtha said he predicts this vote will be different because of mounting voter frustration with the war and a lack of progress in Iraq.

"This is big time," Murtha, D-Pa., told reporters of the upcoming war debate in September. "When you get to September, this is history. This is when we're going to have a real confrontation with the president trying to work things out."

Bush has not given any indication he is open to a dramatic shift or a major redeployment of troops after September. He instead has talked at length about the need to remain engaged in Iraq to fight al-Qaida and has repeatedly appealed to lawmakers for more patience.

[freema]

Whew! Maybe I’ll get a uniform, bite the buttons off, send them to you, smooth. You could dump them on his desk... or spit them at him.

[freema]

Did I see the Gold Star mothers...stop outside Walter B. Jones’ office?

[freema]

Good point, Unc.

[smoothsailing]

Well said, Uncle, it's the perfect caption from this BootMurtha image from last year...

This is really big time stuff as blurtha said. They are getting scared shitless as to where they are going to find the billions of dollars to continue paying off the social receipents in this country that vote for them. Millions depend on the democrates to give them money so that they can buy fancy cloths, shiny cars, continue to pump out large numbers of little ones, etc.. The GWOT is preventing them from allocating more money from the total pie in order to pay their followers. Could get real nasty.

[smoothsailing]

And this from Blackfive...

Okinawa Murtha Has Another Cunning Plan

[freema]

I like the idea of murthapelosireid taking surrender formalities to zawahiriinwaziristan.

[trooprally]

Are you talking about the Rayburn bldg? No they went straight to the main office to try and be heard. In which the staffer tried arguing with them and refused them entrance.Shortly after that we left and they went to Arlington to see their Husbands. [Mrs T]

[smoothsailing]

i did too! Our spec op guys could follow along behind them and call in a MOAB on the meeting! :-)

[Marine_Uncle]

Okinawa Jack. Pretty good. Sometimes I wonder if Pelosi is pulling the strings or simply lets OJ simply rant on as his mind (whats left of it) conjures up new things, in the hope
enough folks with bearly lit bulbs may bite. Attack dogs, most often stay in the dog house and are not permitted on the furniture.

[freema]

Walking down the hall they stopped to pause at pictures on coreboard outside someone’s office.