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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (75519)	12/5/2006 2:25:06 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 93284

Murtha moments : John Murtha (last year) : Our military has done everything that has been asked of them. The U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. It's time to bring the troops home. Henry Kissinger (now) : Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday. ---- Murtha (last year) : Tim, I'm absolutely convinced that we're making no progress at all, and I've been complaining for two years that there's an overly optimistic--an illusionary process going on here. Staff Sgt. Michael Baxter in Iraq (now) : "I'm just thinking to myself, oh God, get me out of this because these guys are going to get me killed if we stay here," Baxter said. --- Murtha (last year) : And since we're the target, we've increased instability in the Middle East. Abdullah (last week) : Abdullah, one of America's steadiest friends in the region, warned that the Mideast faced the threat of three simultaneous civil wars -- in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. And he made clear that the burden of dealing with it rested largely with the United States. --- Murtha (last year) : ...redeploy our forces outside and let the Iraqis handle this themselves. Iraq Study Group's report this year) : ....will recommend that the United States begin a phased withdrawal. ---- John Murtha (last year) : I like guys who got five deferments and [have] never been there and send people to war, and then don't like to hear suggestions about what needs to be done. ... ...