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Leading lawmaker dismisses US scholars' upbeat report on Iraq [Murtha said on CNN......]
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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brookings; defeatists; iraq; kennethpollack; michaelohanlon; murtha; murthawatch; nytimes
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To: Sub-Driver

Onward he odiously rides... into the yellow maw of quislingdom.


21 posted on 07/31/2007 11:15:41 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: samtheman
Much like Michael Moore.

Great documentary on the lying piece of filth known as michael moore

22 posted on 07/31/2007 11:15:49 AM PDT by ConservativeofColor
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
So where exactly is Murtha getting his information on the level of progress in Iraq?

Un-named Islamist Jihad sources.

23 posted on 07/31/2007 11:21:31 AM PDT by LucyJo
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To: Sub-Driver

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.


24 posted on 07/31/2007 11:22:04 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Sub-Driver
The two scholars warned however that on the national level, the Iraqi government was making "zero" progress.

So? On the national level, our government is making zero progress as well.

25 posted on 07/31/2007 11:25:51 AM PDT by dirtboy (Impeach Chertoff and Gonzales. We can't wait until 2009 for them to be gone.)
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To: Sub-Driver

HE dismisses their assessment as rhetoric - HaHaHaHa best joke of the day.


26 posted on 07/31/2007 11:27:46 AM PDT by Williams
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To: dirtboy
Semper fidelis traitorus!
27 posted on 07/31/2007 11:31:53 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Sub-Driver
VICTORY DENIERS!

(Coining a new phrase....U.M.)

28 posted on 07/31/2007 11:32:17 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Confidence in Congress has hit an all-time low of 14%)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

So where exactly is Murtha getting his information on the level of progress in Iraq you ask, well the MSM of course.


29 posted on 07/31/2007 11:34:24 AM PDT by ljco
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To: ozzymandus
When did murtha become a “leading lawmaker”?

When the "AFP" (Agence France-Presse) made him so. The AFP is the original source for this article, and, per their website: "AFP is the world's oldest established news agency, founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, the father of global journalism."

So, the frenchies know a leader when the see one.
30 posted on 07/31/2007 11:36:06 AM PDT by frankenMonkey (An Army Dad)
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To: Sub-Driver
Jack Murtha is not a "leading lawmaker." He is a semi-senile crook who's been on the take for years. He missed indictment more than 20 years ago, because he agreed on tape to a $50,000 bribe, but he didn't take the money right away. He said he'd come back for it later.

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

Latest article, "Who's in Charge of America?"

31 posted on 07/31/2007 11:41:45 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Please visit www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: Sub-Driver
Shut up, Jack.



32 posted on 07/31/2007 11:46:21 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Tracking The "Flyin' Imams" since 11/20/06)
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To: Sub-Driver; bmwcyle; desherwood7; FairOpinion; Fedora; FreeAtlanta; freema; Goldie Lurks; Grimmy; ..
"I dismiss it at as rhetoric," said US Representative John Murtha,

Windbag Murtha is at it again, his dementia is progressing.

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33 posted on 07/31/2007 11:50:03 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.com)
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To: jazusamo

Murtha sucks bttt


34 posted on 07/31/2007 11:54:24 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
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To: Sub-Driver

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)


35 posted on 07/31/2007 11:58:47 AM PDT by enough_idiocy (Get the troops out of the Iraqi civil war and send them to the Sudan civil war. Biden '08 /sarcasm)
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To: frankenMonkey
So, the frenchies know a leader when the see one.

He's the one that retreats first?

36 posted on 07/31/2007 12:04:17 PM PDT by thulldud ("Para inglés, oprima el dos.")
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To: Sub-Driver; All

Just like the Marines, I know they said they’re innocent, but I know they’re guilty! I hate this POS.


37 posted on 07/31/2007 12:07:22 PM PDT by enough_idiocy (Get the troops out of the Iraqi civil war and send them to the Sudan civil war. Biden '08 /sarcasm)
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To: Sub-Driver
" Murtha said on CNN..."

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.

38 posted on 07/31/2007 12:07:50 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: ConservativeofColor
to quote from a famous Clint Eastwood movie Magnum Force:

He's a legend in his OWN MIND!!!

39 posted on 07/31/2007 12:08:53 PM PDT by prophetic
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To: the_devils_advocate_666; All

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!


40 posted on 07/31/2007 12:11:07 PM PDT by enough_idiocy (Get the troops out of the Iraqi civil war and send them to the Sudan civil war. Biden '08 /sarcasm)
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