It starts to dawn on some more influential American politicians that the American troops in Iraq are the problem, not part of the solution.
Now John Murtha reversed his support for the illegal war and calls for immediate withdrawal. He is the top Democrat on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, not without influence on this kind of matters. Here are some of his comments:
"Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. They are united against U.S. forces and we have become a catalyst for violence," he said. "The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion."
Even if there might be some room for debate on the question if Bush deliberately lied to the world when talking about the Great Iraqi WMD Threat, there is no wiggle room left whatsoever to deny that Iraq right now has no WMD capability that threatens the American homeland in any way.
That means that America has no legitimate reason to continue occupying Iraq. How the Iraqis choose to govern their country after the end of the occupation is none of America's business.
Link to the full speech transcript.
Posted by Karl-Friedrich Lenz at November 18, 2005 05:35 PM