WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania's Rep. John Murtha acknowledged yesterday that the public is deeply dissatisfied with Congress' inability to bring an end to the Iraq war, yet he predicted that Democrats would pick up as many as 40 to 50 House seats in next year's election.
"You're going to see a big Democratic win," Mr. Murtha, D-Johnstown, told reporters after a speech at the National Press Club
Wow! This is a long way out, and those are big numbers the Congressman is throwing around
40 to 50 Republicans ousted?
There are not that many retiring yet, but with new lobbying rules, we can expect more, but 40 or 50?
What else did Congressman Murtha say?
He dismissed reports of progress in Iraq, arguing that U.S. troops were still refereeing a bloody civil war between Shiite and Sunni Muslims and cited a string of negative statistics: only two to six hours of electricity in Baghdad each day, a soaring unemployment rate and 2 million Iraqi refugees.
He also said the strains of more than four years of fighting would require the United States to begin a limited pullout in the coming months, with or without the approval of the president.
"They can't sustain the number of troops in Iraq. They don't have the people," he said. "It's just a fact. By April, they'll be out of units. Period."
The article is in The Pittsburg Post Gazette
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It is bad enough that this War in Iraq was about Oil, now Republican Congressmen know there is a need for a timeline to bring the troops home, but politics come first. This is supporting the troops?