The Surge is working but don't worry

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less than 24 hours later Congressman Murtha went right back to a rhetorical little diddy once again.

Mr. Murtha on November 29

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) acknowledged that the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq is “working” after returning from a brief trip to Iraq last week, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

First Story the surge is working

Mr. Murtha on November 30

“The military surge has created a window of opportunity for the Iraqi government. Unfortunately, the sacrifice of our troops has not been met by the Iraqi government and they have failed to capitalize on the political and diplomatic steps that the surge was designed to provide.

“The fact remains that the war in Iraq cannot be won militarily, and that we must begin an orderly redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq as soon as practicable.

Second story

So I have a question for Mr. Murtha and other democrats for that matter which one is the real story?

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Depends to whom they are talking. They all flip flop all over because they are willing to lie if necessary to get the vote. And they are sooooo stupid they think that just because they say it - that makes it true.

Don't believe me? How many "Bush hates..." threads have we seen so far?

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Original quote:

"I think the surge is working, but that's only one element. It's working because of the increase in troops, but the thing that has to happen is that the Iraqis have to do this themselves."

In other words, the second quote is about the same was what the first quote said, but the Beltway stenographers only did a half-arsed job reporting what he said originally.