FYI: Murtha coming up on CSPAN to discuss Petraeus' appearance

[babylonsister]

last week and the future of Iraq. Supposedly 10 am EST.

[karlrschneider]

1. It started exactly on time!

:-)

[babylonsister]

2. Yep. I'm SHOCKED! nt

[KharmaTrain]

3. Kicked!!!

He's been right on this illegal war for profit and he sure looks pissed...but then doesn't he always?

Kick some ass, John!!

:kick:

[malaise]

4. Watching n/t

[babylonsister]

5. I'm so glad he's talking about the travails of the Iraqis instead of blaming

this mess on them!

[MrScorpio]

6. He's talking in terms of human loss and misery...

Something that Bush NEVER does

[malaise]

7. This is great

Go Murtha!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. K&R he is taking no prisoners.

and making a hell of a lot of sense.

[babylonsister]

9. "We are bleeding money". I love Murtha; he's making a real good case

for getting the hell out of there, pointing out all that's being ignored here, talking about the wounded vets, etc.

[babylonsister]

10. War funded on credit; we will have to pay down the road. nt

[MrScorpio]

11. The Military is BROKEN

He's the only one in government who is saying this

[Inuca]

12. He is making excellent points

Taking a very macro perspective, the very wide-ranging implications of the catastrophe that is Iraq.

[malaise]

16. Excellent

He's taking questions now.Was that Helen Thomas up first?

[babylonsister]

13. The longer our military remains in Iraq, with shifting alliances,

our government will be paralyzed. We won't effect an Iraqi outcome at all.

[NMDemDist2]

14. he's kicking Bushie's @ss n/t

[babylonsister]

18. So nice to hear, a clear, honest voice-so rare! nt

[babylonsister]

15. Redeployment is the way forward. They say what happens if we leave, Murtha

says what happens if we stay?

[babylonsister]

17. Egyptians said get the soldiers out of the palaces, get them out of the

Green Zone. Get them to the airport, fer chrissakes. Oops!