Whereas Congress and the American People have not been shown clear, measurable progress toward establishment of stable and improving security in Iraq or of a stable and improving economy in Iraq, both of which are essential to “promote the emergence of a democratic government”;

Whereas additional stabilization in Iraq by U, S. military forces cannot be achieved without the deployment of hundreds of thousands of additional U S. troops, which in turn cannot be achieved without a military draft;

Whereas more than $277 billion has been appropriated by the United States Congress to prosecute U.S. military action in Iraq and Afghanistan;

Whereas, as of the drafting of this resolution, 2,079 U.S. troops have been killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom;

Whereas U.S. forces have become the target of the insurgency,

Whereas, according to recent polls, over 80% of the Iraqi people want U.S. forces out of Iraq;

Whereas polls also indicate that 45% of the Iraqi people feel that the attacks on U.S. forces are justified;

Whereas, due to the foregoing, Congress finds it evident that continuing U.S. military action in Iraq is not in the best interests of the United States of America, the people of Iraq, or the Persian Gulf Region, which were cited in Public Law 107-243 as justification for undertaking such action;

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

Section 1. The deployment of United States forces in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and the 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.


These words are Representative John Murtha’s resolution for redeployment of American troops in Iraq.

If you read this and agree with it you are a coward. You are a traitor. You are helping Islamic terrorists kill American soldiers. You are un-American. Not just Congressman John Murtha… you. It doesn’t matter if you are a veteran. It doesn’t matter if you lost a member of your family fighting in Iraq. It doesn’t matter if you have been decorated for courage under fire fighting to protect your country. You are a coward.

That is what Jean Schmidt is saying. That is what Danny Bubp is saying. That is what every person who supports Jean Schmidt is saying. Remember that. That is what they stand for. Nothing more, and nothing less.

Now I know what Jean Schmidt and her supporters stand for, but I can’t believe that it is what all Republicans stand for. Is that what you believe? Is that the message of your party? Is that the face you want to put before the American voters? In the case of Ohio’s 2nd district the answer would have to be yes. Am I wrong?