Posted on 12/01/2005 4:52:28 PM PST by Stultis
MURTHA: [...] I said to Ambassador Bremer when he was over there, I said youre being too optimistic about this thing. Be truthful. The American public wants to hear the truth, and itll backfire when you keeping telling these dishonest stories you keep telling. [...] And he just ignored it. [...] theyre not telling the truth. [...] Theyre not being honest.
MATTHEWS: Is George Casey, the American commander in the Army, is George Casey telling the truth? Is he one of the guys giving the president positive vibes when theres no reason for them, or is he telling people like yourself the truth? Or both?
MURTHA: Chris, you know, I deal with these guys all the time. I know how they feel. Theyeven if they dont say it, I know exactly how they feel. And I know that he said, for instance, one of the problems in this insurgency is the American occupation. And hes saying in so many words, weve become the enemy. Thats what General Casey said.
Abizaid said basically the same thing. One of our policies will be to start to withdraw. I mean, theyre all saying what Im saying, but they wont admitthe sooner we get them out, the better it will be for Iraq, the better it will be for the ...
MATTHEWS: The president justlast point. The president said today that if any general in the field over there needs more troops, he merely has to ask me. Is that an honest statement?
MURTHA: Thats not an honest statement. Let me tell you something. I talked to one of the generals, he said he doesnt have enough troops to protect the Syrian border, and thats one of the missions that hes been given. So, you know, I know how discouraged theyve been.
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no, much easier & more likely scenario is that Murtha is capable of mindreading. He posesses the uncanny ability to clearly forsee the future and to tell what people are thinking, even when they do their best to block his attempts at mind control.
murtha may have been a MARINE though I feel that most MARINES and all the rest of us that are wearing uniforms today and those of us that wore uniforms in the past want him to SHOVE OFF!
If we want to get to the truth just have congressional hearings.
Not a chance in the world General Casey said that. Not in so many words and not in so few.
No muzzle big enough I guess for this guy.
Murtha must be channelling Art Bell.
Soooooo, Abasaid and Casey think WE are the enemy?????? FIRE THEM, PRESIDENT BUSH!
Murtha used those exact words when he told slick willie to cut and run from Somalia after our Rangers were killed.
When Casey said this, months ago, Murtha was still calling for a ponderous and impossible Shinseki-sized occupation! (But maybe, back then, Murtha was just refusing to "admit" that he agreed with himself?)
I think Murtha has been LIVING A LIE!! I have ALWAYS heard him described as PRO-MILITARY! He WATS them to leave with their tail between their legs! That is NOT pro-military. Maybe Murtha is senile.
Anybody remember how a certain Repubican congressman just prior to being indicted during the Clintoon administration made a lot of controversial statements...so later, after the indictments came down he could claim was being targeted for his comments. Sounds familier here. Anything going on with this guy?
I think Murtha's elevator has stopped going to the top floor.
I agree completely. Murtha served in Vietnam and WAS a patriot. I do not know if I can say the same about a man who is rooting for an American loss to demean President Bush. A man who lowers American morale while raising that of the enemy is not a patriot.
Murtha is senile and/or a traitor.
Then we've seen two patriots fall from grace recently: Murtha and Duke Cunningham.
Other than that, he's been a tail between the legs coward all this while.
Said that we were the enemy in Somalia so we should cut and run.
Using that same terminology in reference to Iraq.
He's never been a hawk.
He is being investigated for steering contracts to friends.
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