John Murtha Quotes

Democrat American politician
Soft Political Tyranny

"... they [US Marines] killed innocent civilians in cold blood."

"This war cannot be won militarily, ... cannot be won on the ground."

"We cannot win this militarily. Our tactics themselves keep us from winning."

"...They're [Bush Administration] giving people the impression, in Iraq we're fighting terrorism."

"I've seen damn little things that they have said (Joint Chiefs) was true turned out to be true."

"American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran."

"Well, I say that the fight against Americans began with Abu Ghraib. It began with the invasion of Iraq. That's when terrorism started."

"Almost 900,000 people left when Saddam Hussein was there... The time we have been there, 900,000 people have left the county."

"One man (a US Marine) was killed with an IED ... And after that, they actually went into the houses and killed women and children."

"We're not fighting terrorism in Iraq. We're fighting a civil war in Iraq. We've got to give them an incentive. We fought our Civil War. Let them fight their civil war."

"Since we've become enemies, since most of the people over there want us to be out of there, I advocate that we withdraw, we redeploy to the surrounding area,"

"Our military has done everything that has been asked of them, the U.S. can not accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. IT IS TIME TO BRING THEM HOME."

"Our military is suffering. The future of our country is at risk... It is evident that continued military action in Iraq is not in the best interest of the United States of America..."

"There was no firefight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood"

"on November 19th, we had an incident in Haditha in Anbar province, where a Marine was killed with an IED. Time magazine reported it, and it's kind of a puzzling report, because they're investigating it right now. Let me tell you what the consequences of this have been. It's much worse than reported in Time magazine. There was no fire fight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood. And that's what the report is going to tell…"

"They [US Marines] knew the day after this happened that it was not as they portrayed it. They knew that they went into the rooms, they killed the people in the taxi. There was no firing at all. And this comes from the highest authority in the Marine Corps, so there's no question in my mind,"

"I understand the investigation shows that in fact there was no firefight, there was no explosion that killed the civilians on a bus... There was no bus. There was no shrapnel. There was only bullet holes inside the house where the Marines had gone in. So it's a very serious incident, unfortunately. It shows the tremendous pressure these guys are under every day when they're out in combat and the stress and consequences."