Posted by casey at December 2nd, 2005

Man … parts of this is really moving… use real player to view it.
rtsp://cspanrm.fplive.net/cspan/project/iraq/iraq111705_murtha.rm?mode=compact

Murtha quotes:

“Get that wounded marine a purple heart or I will give him one of mine…”
“80% of Iraqis want us out of there…”
“We are uniting the enemy against us…”
“There is more terrorism (in Iraq) now than there ever was…”
“I like guys that have never been there criticize us who have been there… I like guys who have five deferments criticize us who have been there… this is a flawed policy.”
“This one young commanding officer from Youngstown, three days before he was supposed to go home, he walked up to this IED and it blew up…”
“We have an obligation to speak for them… what do you think the soldiers are going to say… they are proud of their service… we have an obligation to speak for them… “