Posted on 12/04/2007 3:11:14 PM PST by John Semmens
Representative John Murtha (D-Pa.) the congressman who has labeled U.S. troops in Iraq “cold-blooded killers of civilians” and the Bush policy a failure, just returned from a trip to Iraq. He now says the new strategy being employed by General Patraeus is working.
“U.S. troops are killing or capturing large numbers of al-Qaeda, seizing weapons caches and bringing a modicum of peace to many previously violent regions,” Murtha said. “At this rate, the war may be won before the November 2008 election.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is reputedly furious that Murtha would make such a statement. “Whether it is true or not is not the point,” Pelosi complained. “Our entire strategy for next year’s election has been contingent on portraying the Iraq venture as a costly failure. All Democrats need to speak with one voice from the same script. We can’t have everyone shooting off his mouth and saying whatever he wants. It will confuse the voters.”
Trying to limit the damage to his position in the House leadership, Murtha has hastened to add that “the success of the military operations doesn’t prove that the Bush policy isn’t a failure. The Iraq Parliament is still wracked by partisan bickering. There is no single vision behind which all are united like there was prior to the U.S. invasion. A nation where power is divided between contending factions cannot be considered well-governed. So, in this important respect, it should be clear that the Bush Administration has failed.”
In related news, in a newly released audio tape, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned the U.S. “not to place too much importance on your victory over our forces in Iraq. Iraq was just a sideshow, a testing ground for tactics in our righteous jihad. Every casualty you inflict sends another martyr to heaven. You are playing into our hands with your foolish efforts. Once you have killed us all your petty triumphs will come to an end while we enjoy the eternal rewards of Paradise.”
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Is this for real? She can’t be THAT stupid...can she? Is this an onion article in disguise?
It’s a “Semi-News” satire.
The “Semi-News” franchise has a large number of “moles” embedded within the world’s evil organizations like the Democratic Party, al-Qaeda, CNN, etc. These moles overhear and relay confidential and “off-the-record” comments which are then reported in “Semi-News.”
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