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February 19, 2007
Do We Really Want John Murtha In Charge Of Our Iraq Policy?
Topics: Iraq
I think not, but according to Robert Novak, that's exactly what's happening!
Murtha and Pelosi are setting party strategy in close collaboration with Rep. George Miller, Pelosi's close associate and consigliere. Murtha has made clear that the non-binding resolution, whose merely symbolic nature infuriates anti-war activists, was only the "first step." Murtha, chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, did not hide the purpose of setting standards for training, equipping and resting troops: "They won't have the equipment, they don't have the training, and they won't be able to do the work."Novak believes that It seems all but certain that Democrats will pass what Murtha frankly calls an attempt to prevent funding of the surge.When Murtha revealed the strategy, the House Republican staff quickly dispatched e-mails to GOP members that list Democrats who had campaigned last year against restricting support for troops in the field. The messages asked: "Will they side with Jack Murtha and their leadership in Washington, or with the promises they made to their voters?"
"Improbable though it may seem," Jihad Jack Murtha is moving close to command over U.S. policy on Iraq (my words, not Novaks).
Posted by Richard at February 19, 2007 2:50 PM
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