John Murtha
John Murtha
John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr.was an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Pennsylvania...
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Questions about my record are clearly an attempt to distract attention from the real issue, which is that our brave men and women in uniform are dying and being injured every day in the middle of a civil war that can be resolved only by the Iraqis themselves.
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There's no way we can win a war when you've lost not only the hearts and minds of the people (of Iraq), when you become the enemy.
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Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. ... We have become a catalyst for violence. It's time to bring them home.
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That's not the point. We want to protect our guys. This is all about our guys, and our moral standards and our moral standards in the world.
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Absolutely, we're the target. We're the enemy, ... (The Iraqis) are a proud people, they've been around a lot longer than we have. They've going to win this themselves, they're going to settle this themselves. They have to, there's no alternative.
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... Since they're attacking our troops, and we have destabilized the area, I've changed my mind and I've come to the conclusion that now is the time to start to redeploy our troops to the periphery and let the Iraqis take over,
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They're subdued compared to normal morale of elite forces. Obviously, it was a very difficult battle. A lot of Somalis were killed, but it was a brutal battle.
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The military has done everything that was asked of them. It is time to bring the troops home.
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I did not consider that any money was offered, and certainly none was taken. The FBI who taped the entire conversation knows damn well no money changed hands.
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hotbed of patriotism and they've lost confidence in this effort.
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Our troops have become the enemy. We need to change direction in Iraq.
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The guys in Congress are scared to death to say anything because they might be vilified, ... The soldiers can't speak for themselves. We sent them to war and, by God, we're the ones that have to speak out.
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You know, we do business for a while, maybe I'll be interested, maybe I won't.
against enemy targets
We're the targets ... we're uniting the enemy against us,