thinkprogress.org — In an interview with Arianna Huffington, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), the chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Committee, said he intends to block funding for any escalation plan. President Bush is widely expected to announce a plan next week to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq by at least 20,000.
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athenorJan 5, 2007
All three branches of government constantly fight over who controls what, despite what the Constitution says. It's how they stay balanced, by fighting each other. Although lately, the Congress has emerged as the dominant branch, followed by the Judicial. They are out of whack (political parties aside), and I hope to see that corrected before my life is over.
sdub1Jan 5, 2007
Now the Bush sympathizers are going try to blame the democratic congress for the failure of the Iraq war! They'll say that we needed more troops but the Democratic congress denied the funding. Can't wait to see how Anne Coulter and Rush Limbaugh are going to talk about this.
slumJan 5, 2007
The only way to win is with a massive surge of US forces and creating Iraq into a policed state instead of a democracy.. for now at least. If you disagree please go ahead on your plan on how you would like this situation to be handled. Do you guys have any idea how crazy extremists are? The sunni and shia extremists kill themselves over the most minor occurance in Islamic history, who takes over the arabs after muhammed? Ali or muhammed's relatives? Yes that is their reason to kill eachother, something not even specified in the Qu'ran but an after event which has nothing to do with Islam.You guys want s**theads like moqtada al-sadr in power? This guy takes US troops to torture for his sick pleasure imagine what he'll do if he has an army behind him. It needs to be turned into another germany after WW2, then people in Iraq will realize what it means to be together instead of being apart.
zeligJan 5, 2007
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it." -Edward R. MurrowExcept when the dissent comes from a Republican, right?
originallucid1Jan 5, 2007
ABSCAM Jack! Democrat member of the "Most Ethical Congress" ever!
sailorJan 5, 2007
All you whiny liberal asswipes need to pay attention to the news....The Iraq Commission stated that more troops where needed...pulling out is not an option...having too few troops puts the troops there in danger. You can not control a check point with 2-3 troops, and that is what is happening too few troops to do the job right...It is this politically correct bulls**t that keeps us from fighting the war...we need to bomb Tirkrit and any other stronghold until the attacks/bombings/etc stop. This is how you fight a war...a war is not between soldiers only, civilians will and should be killed...this would be a deterant to elect assh**es like saddam...the people that live in Iraq bear the responsibility for its problems and allowing assh**es like saddam into power...they will also bear the death that it brings...
Closed AccountJan 6, 2007
I dont care what anyone else thinks, if we give up in Iraq we'll be handing over an oilfield to the radicals. If we actually invest time, money, and manpower (while untying that hand they've had behind their backs) this might turn into a VERY good thing. Imagine if we had a South Korea in the middle of the turmoil that is the middle east. I'd rather have foreign capital poured into a stable Baghdad than, say Saudi Arabia or Dubai. I support a change in direction just as much as I oppose withdrawing the troops now as so many short sighted people have been advocating. I wish our troops were given more leeway over there. This could turn into a very good thing for the world.
1angrychristianJan 9, 2007
he's probably giving those funds to his campaign financiers.:-)Next time Murtha try not to get caught on tape ... ok?