Posted on 07/31/2007 10:54:41 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Leading lawmaker dismisses US scholars' upbeat report on Iraq Jul 31 01:18 PM US/Eastern
A top Democratic lawmaker Tuesday dismissed the findings of two longtime Iraq war critics, who cited a dramatic improvement in the situation there following the infusion of thousands of additional US troops.
"I dismiss it at as rhetoric," said US Representative John Murtha, a former marine, congressional heavyweight on military matters, and outspoken Iraq War critic.
"I don't know where they were staying. I don't know what they saw. But I know this: that it's not getting better," Murtha said on CNN television.
"It's over-optimist. It's an illusion," the Pennsylvania lawmaker continued.
Independent Brookings Institution analysts Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack, who often have criticized US Iraq policy, on Monday said they noted a marked improvement on their last visit earlier this month to the war-torn country.
Pollack and O'Hanlon returned from eight days of meetings with US generals, diplomats and Iraqis saying they were more hopeful than they had expected.
"We saw considerably greater progress on the security side than I would have expected," Pollack said at a press conference Monday, adding that economic and political strides were evident at local levels.
The two scholars warned however that on the national level, the Iraqi government was making "zero" progress.
Their analysis came around seven weeks before a crucial report is due to be delivered on the surge by US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, which is being seen as a crucial moment for US policy in Iraq.
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Onward he odiously rides... into the yellow maw of quislingdom.
Great documentary on the lying piece of filth known as michael moore
Un-named Islamist Jihad sources.
When did murtha become a “leading lawmaker”? Last I heard, he was pretty widely considered a corrupt, incompetent, joke even by his own party. The far left may love him, but he doesn’t “lead” anything.
So? On the national level, our government is making zero progress as well.
HE dismisses their assessment as rhetoric - HaHaHaHa best joke of the day.
(Coining a new phrase....U.M.)
So where exactly is Murtha getting his information on the level of progress in Iraq you ask, well the MSM of course.
That's the only reason why Jack Murtha is still in the House, rather than in the Big House. No one who thinks the federal government should be both honest and competent, takes Murtha seriously.
Congressman Billybob
Windbag Murtha is at it again, his dementia is progressing.
To be added to the Murtha Watch ping list please notify myself or RedRover.
Murtha sucks bttt
so let me get this straight, they were there, he’s here, but he knows better than them.
this delusional defamer must go (and apologize for being more concerned with the due process rights of terrorists than our soldiers)
He's the one that retreats first?
Just like the Marines, I know they said they’re innocent, but I know they’re guilty! I hate this POS.
well that pretty much sums up the whole story as useless B.S. Murtha is no "leading lawmaker", he's a traitorous clown who hasn't a clue what he's talking about, who's only interest is tearing apart and destroying this nation. The senile old man needs to step off and book himself into a nursing home.
He's a legend in his OWN MIND!!!
Code Pink, Moveon.org, and the propagandists that use the MSM, all of whom know more than people who have been there including our generals.
We need a concerted effort to take this slime ball down. From his earmarks, his threatening GOP representatives who questioned his theft of taxpayer money for pet projects, his coddling Code (gave 600K to the insurgents) pink, and most importantly his treasonous statements against the Marines and refusal to apologize.
Murtha is the Dems Achilles heel. He says Bush lives in a bubble, refuses to listen to the facts on the ground, won’t listen to contradictory information - who does that sound like? this delusional okinawa sommali earmark adscam POS needs to be revealed to the public for what he is. He’s the Male Cindy Sheehan!
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