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Yonivore
09-17-2004, 05:28 PM
...doesn't this border on treasonous? Revealing military plans.


STATEMENT FROM REP JOHN P. MURTHA [D-PA]:

"I have learned through conversations with officials at the Pentagon that at the beginning of November, 2004, the Bush Administration plans to call up large numbers of the military guard and reserves, to include plans that they previously put off to call up the Individual Ready Reserve."

"I have said publicly and privately that our forces are inadequate to support our current worldwide tempo of operations. On November 21, 2003, a bipartisan group of 135 members of the House of Representatives wrote to the President urging an increase in the active duty army troop levels and expressed concern that our Armed Forces are over-extended and that we are relying too heavily on the Guard and Reserve."

"We didn't get a reply until February 2004, and now as the situation in Iraq is deteriorating, it seems that the Administration will resort to calling up additional guard and reservists, again with inadequate notice."

JohnnyMarzetti
09-17-2004, 05:31 PM
NO.

LandSharkII
09-17-2004, 05:32 PM
YES!

Nbadan
09-17-2004, 05:39 PM
If you don't have your head in the sand, this has been reported many times by many different credible sources.

Yonivore
09-17-2004, 05:47 PM
It's been speculated. Why would a Congressman feel the need to release a statement?

Joe Chalupa
09-17-2004, 05:55 PM
I know you'd Rather he didn't.

scott
09-18-2004, 04:31 AM
Calling up more Reservists doesn't strike me as being the kind of Military Plans that, if revealed, would be considered treason.

Yonivore
09-18-2004, 10:45 AM
Maybe it's a non-issue. I'm in agreement with Nbadan, this has been in the news for a few months now.

It now appears it was just used to give Kerry a reason to start attacking Bush on Iraq...since he's been so effective in that area up to now.

Fuhgettaboudit.