House Democrat calls for immediate troop withdrawal Vietnam vet says the Iraq war is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An influential House Democrat who voted for the Iraq war called Thursday for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, another sign of growing unease in Congress about the conflict.
"This is the immediate redeployment of American forces because they have become the target," said Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, one of Congress' most hawkish Democrats
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/17/murtha.iraq.ap/
Here's the immediate withdrawal resolution Murtha voted against:
H RES 571 RECORDED VOTE 18-Nov-2005 11:33 PM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately
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Gotta hand it to Murtha and the Dems:
They cut and run on their own ideas!
Disgraceful.