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Murtha finds military progress in trip to Iraq

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Posted by Pappy 2007-11-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 So... is he going to let the budget move?

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-30 00:08|| 2007-11-30 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 My impression is X-Marine Crazy John didn't meet with any Marines on this junket...

Posted by Phinater Thraviger 2007-11-30 00:35|| 2007-11-30 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 When Murtha and the party hacks are willing to acknowledge the success, we know they have a reason for it that has nothing to do with seeing success and everything to do with their wanting to get Hillary elected. My guess is that this allows Hillary to sideline Obama and allow her flipity flop record on the war to become less of an issue for the democrats. But then, who knows?

Posted by Whomong Guelph4611 2007-11-30 03:22|| 2007-11-30 03:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Where's the Flying Pig Graphic?

I guess Porky Murtha is close enough himself.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-11-30 03:34|| 2007-11-30 03:34|| Front Page Top

#5 but he warned that Iraqis need to play a larger role in providing their own security ...

Uh, yeah. OK. Spoken like the leader he is. Assuming he had his teeth in, of course.

... and the Bush administration still must develop an exit strategy

Why? At the rate things are going the coalition will be able to shake hands, turn around with weapons safed, and walk home. But I'm sure you have some kind of audience in mind when you say $hit like that.

I think the 'surge' is working," the Democrat said

That must have hurt. Black feathers wedged between his teeth, two crows feet sticking out his nose, two black wings sticking out of his ears, and a beak sticking out of his a$$.

Murtha said he was most encouraged by changes in the once-volatile Anbar province

Always open to different points of view, I see. A true sign of humility. Too bad it had to wait until after it was over and done with before he would come out from under the bed.

He said Iraqis need to duplicate that success at the national level, but the central government in Baghdad is "dysfunctional."

He oughta know. Anyway, if anyone in the Iraqi government is reading this, it would be best to do as he says on this one, not as he does.

Mr. Murtha's four day-trip took him to a Thanksgiving dinner with troops in Kuwait last Thursday

Probably had some earmarks in the budget to make sure the troops he was with got turkey for dinner.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-30 03:34|| 2007-11-30 03:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Dinner in Kuwait, not Iraq. Didn't the president serve the troops in Iraq, last year? Pre-Surge, when it was still dangerous? And he only a National Guard pilot, not a tough Marine like the honourable Representative John Murtha.

Still, this noble admission distracts nicely from the fact that the honourable, etc. has never backed away from his original position on the Haditha Marines. So that's ok.

/sarcasm

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-30 03:44|| 2007-11-30 03:44|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-30 04:13|| 2007-11-30 04:13|| Front Page Top

#8 "In other news, today's weather forecast for Hell calls for . . ."

Posted by Mike 2007-11-30 06:17|| 2007-11-30 06:17|| Front Page Top

#9 'moose, that's classic!

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2007-11-30 07:01|| 2007-11-30 07:01|| Front Page Top

#10 The smell of fear.

"We've gotta protect our phoney baloney jobs, gentlemen!" - Governor William J. Le Petomane

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-11-30 07:08|| 2007-11-30 07:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Good thing our troops are professionals.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-30 07:31|| 2007-11-30 07:31|| Front Page Top

#12 Can't wait for the photos with the troops to leak out.

Posted by ed 2007-11-30 08:11|| 2007-11-30 08:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Murtha has always supported the surge. In fact, it was his idea in the first place. (/clinton)

Posted by danking70 2007-11-30 08:21|| 2007-11-30 08:21|| Front Page Top

#14 Its already been discussed by one lefty columnist but this could be the start of the D'rats push 'to declare victory and get the hell out'.

In only a short while and the D'rats will be claiming that the surge ('changing course in Iraq') was their idea and they get credit. Watch for it.

Posted by WTF 2007-11-30 08:45|| 2007-11-30 08:45|| Front Page Top

#15 The donks could have reasonably and legitimately claimed credit for the Surge if they had not been so blinded by BDS. They were, two years ago, telling Bush to "listen to the Generals" and "send more troops." When Bush finally did so, they should have thanked him for finally adopting their strategy that they had been advocating for so long.

But that would have meant taking responsibility for an action before knowing its results. Instead they took the irresponsible politically motivated route of being against whatever Bush was for.

Idiots.

Instead they adopt the whore Sanchez, commander of the failed strategy they had previously condemned after the futility of his strateghy had been demonstrated for all the world to see in six brief months by his successor Petraeus, whom they mock as Betray-us.

Idiots.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-11-30 09:09|| 2007-11-30 09:09|| Front Page Top

#16 code pink (ptui!) is gonna want that award they gave murtha (ptui!) back...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-11-30 10:01|| 2007-11-30 10:01|| Front Page Top

#17 It's just additional groundwork for the new Democrat meme:

"We won! Let's go home - Now!"

Posted by Pappy 2007-11-30 10:50|| 2007-11-30 10:50|| Front Page Top

#18 Murtha must be really scared of the Republican vet who's running for his seat.

He's probably figured out that Code Pink can't save his seat all by themselves.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-11-30 12:51|| 2007-11-30 12:51|| Front Page Top

#19 The Dems blew it - they WERE RIGHT when they were arguing for more troops to WIN the war. Then they sold out to the looney left, DailyKos rabble, and are left holding the bag and hoping for the DEFEAT of the US in Iraq.

Sad. Scoop Jackson is spinning in his grave.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-11-30 13:39|| 2007-11-30 13:39|| Front Page Top

#20 Admittedly, they were only arguing for more troops because they thought

a) we didn't have them, and

b) President Bush would have to restart the draft to get them, recalling Viet Nam in all its glory.

They weren't arguing for more troops to win the war, not really. Senator McCain was, though.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-30 15:43|| 2007-11-30 15:43|| Front Page Top

#21 "Have you ever seen a man eat his own head?"

Well, Murtha did eat fattened turkey..

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-11-30 17:23|| 2007-11-30 17:23|| Front Page Top

#22 This guy is in trouble in his district. A military unknown is a serious contender for unseating Murtha, and Murtha is just now realizing this.

His reversal is a political move. It certainly is not his honest face.

Posted by Pliny Pheath1680 2007-11-30 22:52|| 2007-11-30 22:52|| Front Page Top

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