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Murtha finds military progress in trip to Iraq (MURTHA: 'I think the 'surge' is working'-On Drudge)
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Posted on 11/29/2007 4:36:06 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Murtha finds military progress in trip to Iraq Warns that Iraqis must do more for their own security Thursday, November 29, 2007 By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. John Murtha today said he saw signs of military progress during a brief trip to Iraq last week, but he warned that Iraqis need to play a larger role in providing their own security and the Bush administration still must develop an exit strategy.

"I think the 'surge' is working," the Democrat said in a videoconference from his Johnstown office, describing the president's decision to commit more than 20,000 additional combat troops this year. But the Iraqis "have got to take care of themselves."

Violence has dropped significantly in recent months, but Mr. Murtha said he was most encouraged by changes in the once-volatile Anbar province, where locals have started working closely with U.S. forces to isolate insurgents linked to Al Qaeda.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 110th; iraq; murtha; progress
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idiot....
1 posted on 11/29/2007 4:36:08 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow!


2 posted on 11/29/2007 4:37:08 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Sub-Driver

“U.S. Rep. John Murtha today said he saw signs of military progress during a brief trip to Iraq last week”

Scrappleface??


3 posted on 11/29/2007 4:37:55 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Sub-Driver
John Murtha has finally admitted what his boss and Dingy Harry still deny.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 11/29/2007 4:39:05 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Sub-Driver

Let the layoffs begin ... As Newt found out, that when it gets tough.


5 posted on 11/29/2007 4:39:16 PM PST by Tarpon
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To: goldstategop; Sub-Driver
So has he apologized yet.....
6 posted on 11/29/2007 4:40:14 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Sub-Driver

POS!


7 posted on 11/29/2007 4:40:19 PM PST by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: Sub-Driver
BUT!!
8 posted on 11/29/2007 4:40:19 PM PST by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: Sub-Driver

Thanks for posting. It gives me a perfect chance to say that I could not care less what that ignorant, ugly, traitorous, black-hearted excuse for a feeble-minded senator has to say. I can’t believe he’s alive and Henry Hyde is gone.


9 posted on 11/29/2007 4:40:35 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: Sub-Driver

[. . .(Murtha said) the central government in Baghdad is “dysfunctional.”]


10 posted on 11/29/2007 4:40:39 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: Sub-Driver

Yeah, Johnny, just think of how great it’d be if we hadn’t lost the war.


11 posted on 11/29/2007 4:40:44 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Sub-Driver

Guess who is afraid of a law suit?


12 posted on 11/29/2007 4:42:02 PM PST by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: Brad from Tennessee
(Murtha said) the central government in Baghdad is “dysfunctional.”

Pot, meet kettle.
13 posted on 11/29/2007 4:42:13 PM PST by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Big dog, big dog, bow-wow-wow! We'll crush crime, now, now, now!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Murtha offered a compromise on the funding today. Finally feeling the heat. Not nearly enough and too late.
Fry baby fry.


14 posted on 11/29/2007 4:42:48 PM PST by golfisnr1 (Democrats are like roaches - hard to get rid of.)
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To: Sub-Driver
" U.S. Rep. John Murtha today said he saw signs of military progress during a brief trip to Iraq last week..."

Who gives a rat's ass what you think you pork bellied fat treasonous bastard! Too bad you sucked up taxpayers' money for your utterly useless opinion!

15 posted on 11/29/2007 4:42:55 PM PST by avacado
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To: Judith Anne

This scumbag is not a Senator, he/she/it is a Rep.


16 posted on 11/29/2007 4:42:58 PM PST by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: Sub-Driver
We didn’t need murtha to confirm what we already knew
17 posted on 11/29/2007 4:44:41 PM PST by vigilante2 (Thank You Troops)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
Murtha also said Bush needs an “exit strategy.” I believe if we’re going to have an exit strategy from Iraq we also need one for Europe, South Korea and Japan.
18 posted on 11/29/2007 4:45:36 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: Redleg Duke

Hey Murtha..tell you’re bud Harry ..

Oh by the way, fund the war and stfu.


19 posted on 11/29/2007 4:45:54 PM PST by y6162
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To: golfisnr1

As they said over at HotAir.com, here’s steaming pot of reality for your face Mr Murtha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noFCekWiUGE

(Scary but not dirty video)


20 posted on 11/29/2007 4:46:43 PM PST by Uriah_lost ("I don't apologize for the United States of America," -Fred D Thompson)
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