AT LEAST ONE DEMOCRAT CALLED IT IN IRAQ

One of the things I always bitch about is the general suckiness of Democrats. There are loads of problems with the way government is being run yet not a single Democrat has begun to push for impeachment hearings and only a handful have said anything about any of the myriad laws, rules and regulations the Republicans are breaking. One Democrat Congressman, John Murtha, has stepped up and spoken out about how he feels the war in Iraq is unwinable. Here's what AP.org reported he said from [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/specialreports/iraq/s_192988.html|an article] at PittsburghLive.com:

A statement from a pro-defense Democrat that the Pentagon's current military strategy in Iraq makes the war unwinnable drew a sharp rebuke Thursday from Republicans, who accused Democrats of using the war for political gain.

The catch here is that those statements were made by Murtha a year-and-a-half ago. That's right, that AP article I link to above is from May 7, 2004. (Thanks be to Drudge for posting a link to this "flashback" story.)

The article, goes on to say:

"We cannot prevail in this war as it is going today," Murtha said yesterday at a news conference with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. Murtha said the incidents of prisoner abuse in Iraq were a symptom of a problem in which U.S. troops in Iraq are undermanned, inadequately equipped and poorly trained.

"We either have to mobilize or we have to get out," Murtha said, adding that he supported increasing U.S. troop strength rather than pulling out.

Well, Murtha is one Democrat you shouldn't call a waffler because in [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/politics/17cnd-military.html?hp&ex=1132290000&en=f8ef8379a16ec306&ei=5094&partner=homepage|an article] that ran on NYT last week, Murtha is sticking to his guns. Check this out:

An influential House Democrat called the Iraq campaign "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" today as he called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops, intensifying an already bitter debate on Capitol Hill.

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"It is time for a change in direction," said Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania, the leading Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee. "Our military is suffering, the future of our country is at risk."

"It is evident that continued military action in Iraq is not in the best interests of the United States of America, the Iraqi people or the Persian Gulf region," Mr. Murtha said during an emotional news conference on Capitol Hill. His remarks were quickly denounced by House Republicans as defeatist and wrongheaded.

I guess we can't call Republicans wafflers either in this case, since, at least the ones in DC, are still moronic enough to "stick to their guns" literally even when it's so clear that Murtha was right over a year ago and that the Republicans were still wrong over a year ago, too and they still are.