Quotes by John Murtha

“Were overextended worldwide, ... We have too small an Army for the job that were doing, yet we cant increase the size of the Army because its volunteer and we cant enlist anybody.”

“We’re overextended worldwide, ... We have too small an Army for the job that we’re doing, yet we can’t increase the size of the Army because it’s volunteer, and we can’t enlist anybody.”

“The public has turned against this war. And when the public turns against the war, Congress reacts to that.”

“People are unhappy about it, Republicans and Democrats. They all realize that the Iraqis arent going to do any fighting until we decide that theyre going to take over. As soon as the elections are over and the constitution is ratified, youre going to find American forces drawn down. The publics against it. The militarys overextended. Theres no place else to go.”

“Thats not the point. We want to protect our guys. This is all about our guys, and our moral standards and our moral standards in the world.”

“The troops dont know what to do. They dont have the direction they need in order to supervise the prisoners,”

“This war is destroying our ability to meet the threat down the road,”

“They lost my trust when they did that, ... By not telling us, they lied.”

“You have hit it on the head.”

“I have never seen such an outpouring in the 32 years Ive been in Congress of support and people with tears in their eyes, people walking along clapping when Im walking through the halls of Congress, saying something needed to be said,”