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Murtha Predicts U.S. Pullout From Iraq [there will be a "tidal wave" that propels Democrats into the
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Posted on 05/11/2006 2:02:18 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Murtha Predicts U.S. Pullout From Iraq

By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago

Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), a Vietnam veteran first elected in the anti-war fever of 1974, says American troops will be brought home from Iraq by 2007.

Either President Bush will bow to public opinion or Democrats will have won control of the House of Representatives and increased pressure on the White House, Murtha, D-Pa., said in an Associated Press interview Thursday.

Most likely, there will be a "tidal wave" that propels Democrats into the majority, said Murtha. He predicts Democrats will gain 40-50 seats — well more than the 15 needed for the party to gain control.

Murtha, 73, a retired Marine colonel who has generally been hawkish on war issues, shocked Washington in November when he said the war could not be won and it was time for troops to come home. He offered a plan that would keep troops in the region in case of a national security emergency.

Murtha was elected in 1974, when public outrage over the Watergate scandal and President Nixon swept Democrats into office. He compared this election year to that of 1974 and to 1994, when the GOP rolled into power — partly because of discontent with President Clinton.

"Republicans are spinning the fact that it's going to be very hard. From my experience in '74 and '94, they can't stop it ... even if they did something dramatic," Murtha said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; coward; cutandrun; iraq; murtha; traitor; weasel
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To: freema
Murtha, he's such a stain on the honorable name Marine and this country. I do believe he's starting to babble incoherently like Byrd. But in his hand he's holding a Marine manual.
61 posted on 05/11/2006 8:05:38 PM PDT by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: Sub-Driver
We've already won the war.
Saddam's army was defeated, and his government was removed. A semi-democratic Iraqi government has been established, and is functioning right now.

Our guys have accomplished their mission.

As Murtha, he's a bloviating democratic pol, like the rest of them.
62 posted on 05/12/2006 8:28:29 AM PDT by FBD
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To: pbrown

Yep, a stain on a blue dress

uniform.


63 posted on 05/13/2006 6:06:06 AM PDT by freema (Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: tbird-james

Do you know something, or are you just recommending research?


64 posted on 05/13/2006 6:14:27 AM PDT by freema (Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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