Thread: Speaker Pelosi Goes To Iraq

I heard on the radio today that Pelosi & an entourage of House dems have made a surprise trip to Iraq & Afghanistan. Anybody else hear this? One of the traveling party is Jack Murtha, so the report goes.
I hope something good comes from her trip, (if the story is true) but I have a big problem with Murtha going after what he has said. Oh well, not my call but it seems a slap in the face of the very ones that Murtha called cold blooded murderers.

On the contrary, if Murtha is going to run his mouth about Iraq, the least he can do is travel over there with some of my hard-earned dollars and...er... wait a sec.... Come back here and give ME that plane ticket, you SOB. I've got an aunt in Florida who I'd like to visit about now...

I seriously doubt that the Democrats will change, because of their deeply ingrained, late-60s anti-Vietnam mentality. I think it's just a show. They don't really care about winning in Iraq, only about opposing Bush (in some cases, they even prefer the terrorists to win)

We could always get lucky and have a Ron Brown Reprise.

Originally Posted by splansing

On the contrary, if Murtha is going to run his mouth about Iraq, the least he can do is travel over there with some of my hard-earned dollars and...er... wait a sec.... Come back here and give ME that plane ticket, you SOB. I've got an aunt in Florida who I'd like to visit about now...

I hope he gets an ear full, but he won't.

Originally Posted by Stansfield

I seriously doubt that the Democrats will change, because of their deeply ingrained, late-60s anti-Vietnam mentality. I think it's just a show. They don't really care about winning in Iraq, only about opposing Bush (in some cases, they even prefer the terrorists to win)

Absolutely. The very last thing the Democrats want to happen is a successful Iraqi government with the dreaded imposition of peace, law, and order. They can't win the White House if Bush succeeds in Iraq.

They couldn't have won last November if they hadn't spent the previous years doing nothing but bitch about what a failure Iraq's been.

Their plan led them to power in power over Vietnam (and 50,000 dead American servicemen), and they're certain the American voter is stupid enough to just copy that plan again. So far they've been right...the American voter is a really really stupid animal if he votes for Democrats.

I doubt that Murtha will change his mind, but maybe some that have never seen anything like this might change their minds. I hope & pray that's the case because our troops need all of us pulling for them, & pullimg for them is helping them win this thing, give them everything they need, not just words either.

Originally Posted by Stansfield

I seriously doubt that the Democrats will change, because of their deeply ingrained, late-60s anti-Vietnam mentality. I think it's just a show. They don't really care about winning in Iraq, only about opposing Bush (in some cases, they even prefer the terrorists to win)

Hogwash! Typical neocon finger pointing. If you disagree with neocon policy, you are a terrorist sympathizer. Just bull. Are you on the Bush payroll?

Ok, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but what exactly is noecon? I have heard it & read it forever, looked up the meaning but still don't have a clear notion of what it means.

Originally Posted by Migi e!

I heard on the radio today that Pelosi & an entourage of House dems have made a surprise trip to Iraq & Afghanistan. Anybody else hear this? One of the traveling party is Jack Murtha, so the report goes.
I hope something good comes from her trip, (if the story is true) but I have a big problem with Murtha going after what he has said. Oh well, not my call but it seems a slap in the face of the very ones that Murtha called cold blooded murderers.

I think it's a good idea for Speaker Pelosi to visit Iraq and Afghanistan with a group of House Democrats.

I don't think it's a good idea to take John Murtha with them, that's if he's actually going of course....I disagree completely with how Murtha has conducted himself and I don't think he should have been saying the sort of things he said....Murtha is incredibly embarrassing.