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    McChrystal, in a declassified version of his report to Obama in August, warned, "Afghanistan could again become a base for terrorism, with obvious implications for regional stability." "Al-Qaida can operate anyplace. The planning for what happened on 9/11 didn't come from Afghanistan. It came from a hotel room in the United States or Germany. It came from the country they were in" Murtha said. The country simply can't afford to carry on a war whose goal is uncertain without risking huge inflation, he said. Full Article at Pittsburgh Entertainment
    Al-Qaida can operate anyplace. The planning for what happened on 9/11 didn't come from Afghanistan. It came from a hotel room in the United States or Germany. It came from the country they were in
    – John Murtha SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
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Murtha blasts war debt
  1. I told his people, that's a mistake to say that. I told (House Speaker) Nancy (Pelosi) the same thing. I said, 'Don't start saying that, because you'll wish you hadn't said it.' And I think they do wish that now
    – John Murtha SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  2. We know it's not going to go anyplace. We're trying to send a message
    – John Murtha SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  3. Afghanistan could again become a base for terrorism, with obvious implications for regional stability.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  4. In the end, it's going to affect the economic influence of this country
    – John Murtha SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  5. You can't put war costs off-budget
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  6. This will be the defining moment of this presidency ... I believe we can do it without 40,000 troops. ... I wouldn't put more combat troops in there.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  7. I asked them and they stammer around. ... I'm convinced they're struggling with an answer themselves. I don't think they've come up with an achievable goal.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  8. If I'm right, seven or eight years from now is when we'll start to pay with inflation
    – John Murtha SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  9. we owed ourselves the money. Who do we owe it to now? We owe it to China. We owe it to Japan
    – John Murtha SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago
  10. I voted against every tax cut Bush had because I felt we weren't paying for that war
    – John Murtha SOURCE: Pittsburgh Entertainment 3 weeks ago

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