http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/murtha-ohanlonMurtha On O’Hanlon/Pollack Propaganda: ‘I Dismiss It As Rhetoric’On CNN’s American Morning, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) ripped Michael O’Hanlon and Ken Pollack’s pro-escalation propaganda. “I dismiss it as rhetoric,” he said.
Murtha continued, “In my estimation, the things I measure — oil production, electricity production, water — only 2 hours of electricity! I don’t know where they were staying, I don’t know what they saw.”
“It’s not getting better. It’s rhetorical, which is getting better,” Murtha said. “It’s an illusion.” Watch it:
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“They were there for seven days,” Murtha said. In order to sustain the escalation, troops would see their tours extended from 15 months to 18 months, he added.