No Easy Exit

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Why won't the corporate media tell the truth and cover the differences here in order to highlight the true phony nature of the Duncan Hunter (R-CA) Resolution?


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The resolution that Murtha introduced had stated:

Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled, That:

Section 1. The deployment of United States Forces in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and forces involved are to be redeployed at the earliest practicable date.

Section 2. A quick-reaction U.S. force and an over-the-horizon presence of U.S. Marines shall be deployed in the region.

Section 3. The United States of America shall pursue security and stability in Iraq through diplomacy.

The "revised" Republican version of the resolution read simply:

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.

Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.

The House Republicans turned Murtha's thoughtful, rational resolution into a useless bit of partisanship, as they knew full well that the Democrats were not going to vote for something so absurdly worded. And they didn't - the resolution was voted down 403-3.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/05/11/23_exit.html