Author: Gerardo Orlando (Page 169 of 169)

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, one of Congress’ most hawkish Democrats, is calling for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. Murtha voted for the war but now argues that the war is not going as advertised and that “it is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion.”

Murtha’s statement is significant because he has earned bipartisan respect for his grasp of military issues over three decades in Congress.

The support for Bush’s war is crumbling, and this development will accerate the inevitable. Most now realize that this war is not winnable with the current course set by this incompetent administration. John McCain is calling for MORE troops, but that ship sailed long ago. Most experts believed when the war began that significantly more troops were needed, but the Bush administration ignored this sound advice. Two years later, with our military stretched thin, increasing the troop levels is not a viable option, and at this point would probably do nothing to change the situation on the ground. The window of opportunity closed long ago.

Meanwhile, Bush, Cheney and their cronies are trying to convince the public that they did not deliberately mislead the public and Congress when they were selling the war. Fat chance.