Other repliers tell me that he said that the "Iraqis" call our troops the enemy.
We have to be accurate here, folks, in order to turn Murtha's words against him. As soon as anyone has the quote in context, please ping me.
Leni
C-span has Murtha's speech he gave yesterday, archived...he said the same things yesterday that he said today...
I betcha you can find out what he said there...but, I remember watching his speech and jumping straight up when he said that...so, I really think what he said was a negative towards the American troops...but, it would be better to check it out for sure.
In his speech yesterday Murtha said this :
" Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. They are united against U.S. forces and we have become a catalyst for violence. U.S. troops are the common enemy of the Sunnis, Saddamists and foreign jihadists."
Foreign jihadists must be Murtha's euphemism for " Al Queda."
Tonight he deviated from this text, which he was reading for the most part and definitely said " Our troops have become the enemy."
Full text of his speech yesterday -http://www.house.gov/murtha/