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Home Front: WoT
Murtha questions al-QaidaÂ’s clout
2009-12-26
This is from the 22nd. Served up today in light of the Delta boom attempt. Murtha looks more foolish than usual.
JOHNSTOWN — U.S. Rep. John Murtha told reporters Tuesday that he isn’t convinced al-Qaida is still a threat to national security. Murtha said he visited Kuwait and Afghanistan during Thanksgiving and approves of the military’s strategy, but expressed a need to measure progress in Afghanistan.

“I don’t agree there is a threat to national security,” Murtha said, while not ruling out the possibility that he could be wrong about al-Qaida’s influence. “They keep saying they’ve defeated al-Qaida.”

The Democratic congressman also expressed concern about the number of contractors remaining in Iraq.

“There are more contractors in Iraq than troops,” he said. “I’ve been pushing to cut back on contractors.”

He said that the cost of the war is a concern and that it needs to be paid. He supports a war tax to deal with the costs. Murtha, the chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, along with Democratic Rep. Dave Obey, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and nine other Democrats, introduced legislation in November that would pay for the war with a graduated surtax.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  and wanted to move our troops (pre-surge) out of Iraq just over the horizon to Okinawa.
Posted by: DMFD   2009-12-26 14:35  

#2  49 Pan, I vote for both.
This is the guy (supposedly a former Marine) who wanted to convict Marines without a trial.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2009-12-26 01:26  

#1  What a moron. He must be senile or just plain stupid.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2009-12-26 00:03  

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