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Friday, November 30, 2007

Murtha Tries To Back Away From Positive Surge Comments

He’s moving the goal posts to the “there’s been no political progress” mantra.

On Friday, however, Murtha’s office moved to clarify his seemingly positive take on the surge, this time putting it in the context of renewed criticism of the administration.

“The military surge has created a window of opportunity for the Iraqi government,” Murtha’s statement read. “Unfortunately, the sacrifice of our troops has not been met by the Iraqi government and they have failed to capitalize on the political and diplomatic steps that the surge was designed to provide.

“The fact remains that the war in Iraq cannot be won militarily, and that we must begin an orderly redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq as soon as practicable.”

The problem here is that the “surge” was just a step in a process.  First we reduced violence so that second our troops could refocus efforts on training Iraqi security forces and Iraqis could focus on political progress.  I know it’s convenient for Murtha to point to a lack of political progress and declare defeat, just as at the very beginning of the surge he was making the same proclamations on the lack of military progress, but the point is that now is the time for political progress to begin.

And it will begin, as long as Murtha and the rest of his defeatist colleagues can be held off long enough for it to happen.

Comments

Avatar for Lee S Gliddon Jr

Murtha is trying to back away from his comment that ‘America is being successful in Iraq,’ as his handlers, MOVEON.com, took offense to the truth!

Lee S Gliddon Jr on November 30, 2007 at 02:27 pm

This might be a good time to note that LT. Col. William T. Russell (USA), a highly decorated veteran of the Balkans conflict and both Iraq engagements, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, will be challenging defeat-o-crat Jack Murtha in next November’s election.

Russell’s website is here.


“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Bat One on November 30, 2007 at 03:53 pm

As one of our favorite leftards has as its signature, “don’t need no weatherman know which way da wind blow”. Johnboy done had hisself a come to Jesus this morning. Oh, yea!


Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on November 30, 2007 at 04:48 pm
Avatar for pparets

Congress Murtha of Pennsylvania is the perfect example of WHY the democrats must not be allowed to capture the White House in ‘08. The results of a unitary government - the democrats in control of Congress and the White House - at this critical juncture in our nation’s history - would be an unimaginable disaster! The continued squabbling among our ranks over who is a ‘true conservative’ only helps to make that nightmare possible.

pparets on November 30, 2007 at 08:07 pm
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