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Ärende: Troops support Murtha
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and he supports them.

On January 5, 2006, Congressman Murtha held a town hall meeting with Cong.
Jim Moran (D-VA 08).

The soldier who asked the first question served in Afghanistan and said
that morale among troops is high and that he would gladly serve in Iraq
today. His comment was the only one replayed by Fox News the next day.

But the majority of soldiers in attendance spoke out against the current
policy. Fox News did not broadcast their remarks.

Here are some excerpts.

John Brumes, Infantry Sgt. US Army:

Everything that the Bush Adminstration told us about that mission in Iraq
is absolutely incorrect. Furthermore, I'd like to say ... I came home to no
job, no health insurance. Until we take care of this war, we can't take
care of the problems that matter like health care.

I've witnessed both ends... Congressman Murtha, I implore you to keep doing
what you're doing.

John Powers, Capt. 1st Armored Division, served 12 months in Iraq:

The thing that hits me the most is the accountability. ... Where is the
accountability for those men [who took us to war], as well as where is the
accountability for Paul Bremmer, who misplaced millions of dollars and
claims to keep accountability in the war zone?... I know that if we lost
$500 we would be court marshaled. So where is the accountability for this
leadership?

Garin Reppenhagen, served as a sniper in Iraq for a year in the First
Infantry Division:

My question is also about accountability. The soldiers that you see,
Congressman Murtha, at the hospitals... those are my friends. After coming
back, being a veteran, my question is why? Why did we go to this war, why
the hell did it happen, why are we in this condition. A lot of soldiers are
debating whether this war was fraudulent to begin with. And there doesn't
seem to be a clear answer. A lot of Americans now are debating the fact
over whether or not the war was fraudulent in the first place. How come
there hasn't been an investigation on the fraudulent lead up to the war by
this Administration?

C-SPAN has the full broadcast here:

http://www.cspan.org/videoarchives.asp?CatCodePairs=Current_Event,IRAQ&ArchiveDays=100


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Gotta love FauxNews.
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