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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: steve harris who wrote (147767)11/19/2005 11:28:32 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 793673
 
In my opinion, removing all troops within "six months" is immediate.

There were two differences in the proposals. One was all troops vs. certain troops. The other was immediate vs as soon as practicable. I think the first is more significant that the second, but both are significant. The straw man was a cut-and-run option. The Murtha proposal was a change of tactics. They really aren't at all comparable in either substance or spirit.

As gimmicks go (and unfortunately Congress seems to have devolved into dueling gimmicks), this was an interesting one. Great drama to watch. But the whole thing was surely tongue in cheek. The Republican leadership could not possibly have thought they were presenting a fair paraphrase of Murtha's proposal. The whole thing was tongue in cheek. Apparently some partisans followers are missing that.
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