It does not sound anything at all like the MSNBC interview on Countdown. How can one man sound so different?
At FDL he sounds like he is working to get the troops home, but that is not how he sounded on Countdown.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/1145"MURPHY: Well, the president has ordered them to go, and, you know, the reality of it is, I think all of us here at home need to pray for them. We’re looking at what we can do in Congress right now. We obviously have a supplemental coming up, and we look forward to -- You know, we were having these hearings. The reality of it is, is, you know, they didn’t even talk about it for the past six years. You know, they had a Congress that didn’t like to ask the tough questions.
And, you know, I, you know, General Pace—I served under him, obviously, you know, Keith, that I served in the military, just got off of active duty a few years ago. And, you know, I talked to him about the training of the Iraqis. I talked to him about the readiness issue.
And Congress, you know, has finally asked him, you know, Do you need more troops? Do you need more troops? Under Rumsfeld, they never needed more troops. And now they’re saying, We need 92,000 more. So we’re looking at how we could do that for them."
More...it sounds like more troops are going. I don't see how he can one thing at MSNBC and other at FDL. Or I am just very dense.
Keith, you mentioned—you know, I just was in Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan. But I met with General McNeil (ph). He is the commander, the NATO commander, an American general that I served under when I was at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. And I asked him, I said, Sir, what do you need? Do you need more troops? And he looked at me in the eye and he said, Murph, I need four more brigades, I need two more—I’m sorry, I need four more battalions, two battalions, about 1,500 troops of Brits, 1,500 troops of Americans.
The Brits just came through, and now he’s asking our military for more troops. And we need to give it to him, because the Taliban, who are going to resurge and have this spring offensive, are coming, and we need to make sure that we support our military and put our eye back on the ball in Afghanistan, Keith.
Here's the kicker for me...talking about winning in the ME. We can't win there after what we have done in the way of killing, torturing.
"MURPHY: ... is the best, Keith.
But I think the reality of it is, is that we need to make sure that we win in the Middle East. "
Full transcript...compare with the interview at FDL.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17384412
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