Murtha To Obama: No More Troops

Foreign Policy:

House defense spending cardinal John Murtha, an early bellwether of congressional opposition to the Iraq war, has made his strongest comments yet opposing more U.S. troops for the war in Afghanistan.

The Pennsylvania lawmaker and Vietnam veteran, who plays a crucial role in forming the budgets that would fund an increased troop presence, is skeptical of the basic logic of adding personnel.

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Comments

[research]

05:58 PM on 09/15/2009

Support the Troops,

Smear a Veteran!

Go Murtha!

[Hiphopcrates]

08:50 AM on 09/15/2009

So Murtha has run out of "friends" to present earmarks to?

[luckyone77]

12:29 AM on 09/15/2009

Love it!

[rmct]

11:52 PM on 09/14/2009

Murtha is the poster child for term limits

[AtheistUS]

01:56 AM on 09/15/2009

Have you a stake in war biz scam, or it is a "labor of love"?

Earned big money on Iraq or Afghanistan, - or just was happy to observe how cronies of GOP got rich?

[noneIn2008]

11:17 PM on 09/15/2009

Cronies of the Dems and Reps. Nancy's hubby makes a fortune on war.

[offred]

11:47 PM on 09/14/2009

Let's declare victory and bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. We need the money at home.

[GayGrandpa]

11:52 PM on 09/14/2009

More war, more soldiers, more costs...we are stretched to thin...I agree BRING OUR TROOPS HOME...is this really anything to do with Afghanistan and everything to do with Pakistan?!!! Why are we there really...looks like a smokescreen to me.

[rmct]

11:52 PM on 09/14/2009

defeatest

[offred]

11:57 PM on 09/14/2009

"The guard deploys as much as active. This way we do not need a draft"

So RMCT, using your vast military knowledge, explain this:

"The National Guard may be called up for active duty by state governors or territorial adjutant general to help respond to DOMESTIC emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. ...However unlike the United States Army and other armed forces, the National Guard (under state status) CANNOT LEAVE AMERICAN SOIL."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard

[offred]

11:59 PM on 09/14/2009

And it's spelled "defeatist."

If you're going to play with the big kids here at Huffington Post, you've got to bring your best game.

[AtheistUS]

11:35 PM on 09/14/2009

He is right. Time to wrap it up.

Fat cats probably funneled enough our TAX money through Afghanistan and Iraq. They may have feeling that the country may not survive more robbery (our country). As for the rest of us, we also do not need to occupy that country. There are more efficient methods of foreign policy.

[offred]

11:40 PM on 09/14/2009

No outsiders win in Afghanistan. The country has a long history of withstanding outside intervention. The Soviet Union fell in large part because it wasted troops and treasure in Afghanistan, assets that should have been used within Russia's own borders.

"Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

[LemonMeringue]

11:27 PM on 09/14/2009

Thank you John Murtha.

And no replacing the troops with privately hired forces either. America cannot afford it.

OUT OF IRAQ TOO

[offred]

11:22 PM on 09/14/2009

Bring our National Guard home first.

"The National Guard may be called up for active duty by state governors or territorial adjutant general to help respond to DOMESTIC emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. ...However unlike the United States Army and other armed forces, the National Guard (under state status) CANNOT LEAVE AMERICAN SOIL."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard

[rmct]

11:11 PM on 09/14/2009

Murtha= Pelosi puppet

[research]

12:00 AM on 09/15/2009

rmct= random nonsensical insults.

[rmct]

12:16 AM on 09/15/2009

obama= 4 years and out

[AtheistUS]

02:06 AM on 09/15/2009

Have not you embarrassed yourself enough here?

[rmct]

11:09 PM on 09/14/2009

Murtha is the most anti troops bury your head in the sand american i ever saw

[texasaggie]

12:32 AM on 09/15/2009

Yep, because that bronze star, two purple hearts, and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry just scream, "I'm the most anti troos bury your head in the sand American you ever saw." Wow just wow.

[AtheistUS]

02:04 AM on 09/15/2009

Still not enough blood from Bush wars?

[miksmaster]

11:01 PM on 09/14/2009

Murtha To Obama: No More Troops.
People to Murtha: Shut the f*#k up.

[rmct]

11:06 PM on 09/14/2009

laughing my behind of good job dude

[miksmaster]

11:00 PM on 09/14/2009

"OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD"

[research]

01:27 PM on 09/15/2009

That would be you and McCain.

[harriettubman]

09:59 PM on 09/14/2009

Look, you old fool, this is the area we belonged in in the first place, not Iraq.

[ramal]

10:28 PM on 09/14/2009

American Armed Forces belong nowhere in the world but the FIFTY United States of America.

[rmct]

11:07 PM on 09/14/2009

Ramal=Wrong

[offred]

11:11 PM on 09/14/2009

Certainly America's National Guard belongs in the the United States.

[zitlight73]

10:41 PM on 09/14/2009

Yeah,right those Al Quiders were able to stand down our air defenses while working out off caves! They have special powers. We will pull out of there sooner or later whether we twenty or a hundred thousand dead, or if China quits loaning us money.

[surlyatbest]

09:33 PM on 09/14/2009

But for 50 grand, Murtha might reconsider.

[gorgol]

09:18 PM on 09/14/2009

Has Murtha ever answered to the accusations of WAR PROFITEERING???

[offred]

11:12 PM on 09/14/2009

Right about the time Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, KBR, and Blackwater do.