[Southack]

"I have been visiting our wounded troops at Bethesda and Walter Reed hospitals almost every week since the beginning of the War. And what demoralizes them is going to war with not enough troops and equipment to make the transition to peace;" - The Honorable John P. Murtha
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/pa12_murtha/pr051117iraq.html

Influential House Democrat Urges Immediate Iraq Pullout
By DAVID STOUT
Published: November 17, 2005
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - An influential House Democrat called the Iraq campaign "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" today as he called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/politics/17cnd-military.html?hp

Not enough troops...pull the troops out... Not enough troops...pull the troops out... Not enough troops...pull the troops out... Not enough troops...pull the troops out... Not enough troops...pull the troops out...

[pcottraux]

You'd almost think that was John Kerry whose quotes you were reading.

[Marine_Uncle]

The ex-Marine is nothing more then a political prostitute at this point. Had he really spoken with our Army and Marine generals on down in Iraq a few months back there simply is no way he could ever pulled this frigen stunt off. He is a liar and has no honor.
What I find amazing is the fact for more then a year the plan was to reduce in numbers our footprint after the final federal election and government was put into place. The troop levels where clearly and repetively publisized to increase for the constitutional and federal election period then start to decline in early 2006, as ground conditions dictact. We have moved out of some 18 FOB's to date in the past four months or so, and handed these FOB's over to the Iraqi forces.
Last year say late summer I specifically remember reading projections saying we would downsize in spring of 2006 if the Iraqi forces where at the projected levels of efficiency.
So again. This whole pile of crap is nothing more then a Charade. And oddly even guys like Rush Limbo are not keeping up on what so many of us take for granted regarding condtions for downsizing, the 5 levels of Iraqi troop evalutions etc..
The world is living on mostly disinformation.

[BushMeister]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - An influential House Democrat called the Iraq campaign "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" today as he called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops..."

This news article is clearly false. There *are* no influential House Democrats...