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  • House Not-So-Divided, After All? (voting for an Iraq withdrawal)

    11/19/2005 4:43:22 PM PST · by txgirl4Bush · 26 replies · 1,185+ views
    The Omegaletter ^ | Nov 19, 2005 | Jack Kinsella
    If it weren't literally a matter of life and death, it would be amusing. It literally came to a head when Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha took to the floor of the House and told lawmakers (and the world) that US forces have done 'all that they could do' in the war against the Iraq insurgency and that it is time to withdraw the troops immediately. According to Murtha, US troops are the 'prime target' of the insurgency. He told lawmakers that he believed military officials when he visited Kuwait just before the war and they showed him where American forces...