Rep. Murtha is now pushing for an immediate, 60 days from enactment, withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. The amendment to a defense spending bill would require the White House to start withdrawing troops down to a level of about 70,000 without setting an end date to when the remaining troops need to be home. From Breitbart.com: Key Democrat urges Iraq pullout without deadline
Murtha said some Republicans on Capitol Hill, backed by the White House, have advocated reducing U.S. troops in Iraq to 70,000 from the current level of nearly 160,000.
While he opposes leaving any U.S. troops behind, Murtha said he’ll bring an amendment to the House floor next week that requires the White House to start redeployment within 60 days of enactment, without setting a deadline for completion.
Hold on a minute here, I thought we needed a troop surge to win the war. Wasn’t the reason we were losing because we didn’t have enough boots on the ground to defend the territories we cleared out? So how is forcing the President to withdraw troops without a deadline to bring the last stragglers home going to do anything? Yet again another example of what yellow bellied cowards these liberals are. Either go big or go home Murtha, stop meddling in the role the Constitution gives to the Commander in Chief.