Sunday, January 29, 2006
Anti-War RhetIraq: Rep. John Murtha
Who: Representative John Murtha (D-PA)
Source: Associated Press via Information Clearing House
Quotes: From article titled, "Murtha: U.S. should leave Iraq and its 'civil war' by year's end"
"Our troops are the target," Murtha told the newspaper. "We're not fighting terrorism in Iraq. We're fighting a civil war in Iraq. We've got to give them an incentive. We fought our Civil War. Let them fight their civil war."
Murtha, the senior Democrat on the House appropriations defense panel, said many Iraqis think "it's all right to kill Americans" and that most Iraqis want U.S. troops out of the country.
"We're not cutting and running. We're giving the Iraqis incentive to take over," he said.
"There is no reason in the world we couldn't do what we're doing (in Iraq) from the periphery," Murtha said. "I've just come to the conclusion it's going to happen and it's just a matter of time."
He want U.S. troops to be redeployed to areas around Iraq, such as in Kuwait. He predicted there will be fewer than 100,000 troops by midsummer and that the pullout by the end of the year will be boosted by election-year pressures.
Source: Associated Press via Information Clearing House
Quotes: From article titled, "Murtha: U.S. should leave Iraq and its 'civil war' by year's end"
"Our troops are the target," Murtha told the newspaper. "We're not fighting terrorism in Iraq. We're fighting a civil war in Iraq. We've got to give them an incentive. We fought our Civil War. Let them fight their civil war."
Murtha, the senior Democrat on the House appropriations defense panel, said many Iraqis think "it's all right to kill Americans" and that most Iraqis want U.S. troops out of the country.
"We're not cutting and running. We're giving the Iraqis incentive to take over," he said.
"There is no reason in the world we couldn't do what we're doing (in Iraq) from the periphery," Murtha said. "I've just come to the conclusion it's going to happen and it's just a matter of time."
He want U.S. troops to be redeployed to areas around Iraq, such as in Kuwait. He predicted there will be fewer than 100,000 troops by midsummer and that the pullout by the end of the year will be boosted by election-year pressures.
