Abu Murtha
Bush may have one last chance in Iraq, but he’s out of luck in Congress–which appears to be for the troop build-up while they are against it:
Members of the House and Senate yesterday outlined plans for legislation that if approved would put Congress on record opposing President Bush sending more troops to Iraq and possibly limit funds to allow the entire 21,500 deployment to take place.
Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he is working with a bipartisan group of senators to pass a nonbinding resolution “simply saying that we do not agree that more troops are the answer.” Levin said he would not support a fund cutoff. He said yesterday on CNN’s “Late Edition” that his approach “will be a very strong message to the Iraqis that they’ve got to resolve their political differences.”
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Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, said he would not limit funds for the troops already in Iraq but would try to put language in the bill carrying supplemental funds for the war that could prevent the final two U.S. brigades from going over in April and May.
Which would help how? Who’s got the backs of the troops already there? The last thing America needs is to fight a two-front war, in Anbar and the halls of Congress.
Katherine Johnson said,
January 15, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
SHAME on you!
John P. Murtha is a honorable war veteran of this country, which is a lot more than you can say for Bush, Cheney, or any of the neo-cons in this administration. Isn’t it odd that the people who have never been to war are the most eager to use war and to send our children to war.