Posted on 07/25/2007 11:04:31 AM PDT by 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.
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I would put money up to bet against that scenario happening before 2008.
Shame,hell, they're counting on their enablers in the media, and they're counting on the rest of us being barefoot, poor, and dumb. It's that combination that is their only hope.They don't consider their shame,they can't even recoqnize it,much less ever admit it.
The MSM is bleeding badly. Will they go down with the ship or come to their senses?
That's a good way of putting it. The Pols on the Hill don't come any slipperier and slimier that Fat Jack murtha, I guess that's how he's managed to survive all these years.
I'm anxious to see how he's gonna slip and slime out of his cold blooded murder thing if the charges against Sharratt, Tatum and Wuterich are dropped and I think they will be.
actually, in the new budget proposal, the DoD gets $699 billion. Welfare and unemployment get $367 billion.
Social services.
I don't see them changing, most of them are loss leaders for parent corporations. The smaller dailies will continue to be bought up by the various wire services.
Defense of the USA is one of the few constitutionally authorized acts our government does. Get rid of the other 2.2 trillion dollars they spend and we’d be in fantastic shape.
What is there to research? When lead goes through the heart or brain, the person is dead. End of experiment
Ban him from the Marines, kick him out for good. Then lock him up and throw the key away.
Brandie has a great home page,BTW!
You'll get a nice chuckle out of his take on Daily Kos's reaction to Murtha! LOL!
Well I tried to find the quote by Abe Lincoln that says about hanging someone like Murtha. It was something like hang the person from a tree I think. heh heh I mean he has committed treason, but I guess our government doesn't like to do that anymore. Too bad too.
HAHAHA!!
I love to see moonbat libs eating their own, especially if it’s murthawi. He deserves everything he’s getting and more.
It can't be proven or disproven that Lincoln ever spoke or wrote these words. But I have no doubt he thought them. His actions during the Civil War against treasonous members of Congress make that clear, although there's no record that he ever actually hung anybody, he did arrest and exile at least one.
OH thanks, yes that is it.
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