I suspect this is a slip-up, but it's a serious one.
From AP, about Murtha:
"A U.S. field commander in Iraq countered calls by a usually pro-military congressman for withdrawal of Americans fighting there Friday, while Democrats defended Rep. John Murtha as a patriot even as they declined to back his view."The Associated Press shouldn't be calling war critics anti-military. As Atrios once wrote, if I were anti-military, I'd send our troops into a war based on a lie with no strategy, no exit plan, and no body armor, then just watch them all get killed while I claim everything is going well.
More from Presstitutes.
Also, I love the quote from the article from a colonel countering Murtha: "Here on the ground our job is not done."
No shit, Sherlock. That's the problem, you idiot. I simply LOVE how these guys are countering critics of the war by telling us how LITTLE they've accomplished, as if somehow that makes this a success.
We say: Iraq is a disaster, you've accomplished little and you're making things worse.It's a bit like talking to a child, or an insane person. It's one thing for them to try to tell us how well things are going and that we can't stop now with victory in our grasp. It's quite another to tell us that we should continue this war because we've accomplished so little. In the private sector, that kind of answer gets you fired.
They say: But we haven't accomplished our goals yet!
We say: I know, that's the problem, you're NOT accomplishing your goals, things are getting worse, and there's no plan to accomplish your goals, nor is there any indication that you ever will accomplish your goals. And in the meantime, American soldiers are dying.
They say: But we haven't accomplished our goals yet!
The article concludes with this little gem from Senator McCarthy, I mean Republican Speaker Hastert:
Said House Speaker Dennis Hastert: ``They want us to retreat. They want us to wave the white flag of surrender to the terrorists of the world.''If you agree with the Republicans, that Iraq is going great, and you want more of the same, then please do vote Republican.
