"The American people, an increasing number of elected officials, and more and more military and intelligence officials understand what the President doesn't - that our seemingly indefinite prescence in Iraq, and the lack of a plan to redeploy troops, feeds the insurgency and hurts our national security. We need leadership, and we need a policy on Iraq that includes a flexible timetable for completing our mission there, so that we can focus on our national security priority - defeating the global terrorist networks that threaten the U.S. The President missed a vital opportunity today. Our brave service members, their families, the American people, and the Iraqi's themselves deserve and demand more." (feingold.senate.gov)
My bolding. Russ Feingold voted against this war based on the lack of intelligence he saw and also was the ONLY US Senator to vote against the PATRIOT ACT.
John Murtha was on Hardball tonight and once again displayed the candor and matter of fact style this country needs desperately. He countered every one of Bush's falsehoods with fact, as in we didn't and still don't have enough troops, we are not doing the things we need to do and are engaged in a civil war that is jeopardizing our troops.
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