John Murtha's courageous call for American troops to leave Iraq is the right policy at the right time. According to Larry Johnson, the Bush chickenhawks are already impugning Murtha's patriotism, but when you have a purple heart and a silver star compared to a president with a spotty attendance record with the National Guard and a vice president with five deferments, that dog don't hunt.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805Q.shtml



Withdrawal Is Not Retreat

Congressman John Murtha's speech on Iraq yesterday is another turning point in the debate. William M. Arkin goes on to say that president and vice president may argue that politicians are playing politics and their feelings may be hurt that their competence and motives are called into question, but when one of the Pentagon's best friends speaks out against continuing the Iraq enterprise, the voices at the White House seem ever more puny and defensive.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/111805R.shtml