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President Bush: John Murtha 'Honorable' but Wrong
President Bush praised Iraq war critic, Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., on Sunday as "a good man" and a "strong supporter of the United States military" but someone whose call for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq was wrong. "Congressman Murtha is a fine man, a good man who served our country with honor and distinction as a Marine in Vietnam and as a United States congressman," Bush told reporters in Beijing. "He is a strong supporter of the United States military and I know the decision to call for an immediate withdrawal of our troops by Congressman Murtha was done in a careful and thoughtful way. "I disagree with his position," Bush added.
Story Continues Below In quotes picked up by the Voice of America, Bush said it was wrong to interpret criticism of Murtha's call for a pull out as an attack on his patriotism. "I heard someone say well maybe so-and-so is not patriotic because they disagree with my position," he said. "I totally reject that thought. This is not an issue of who is patriotic and who is not patriotic. It is an issue of an honest open debate about the way forward in Iraq." Bush said a premature withdrawal from Iraq would have disastrous consequences for the war on terror. "[Terrorists] want to break our will in Iraq so that we leave and they can turn Iraq into what Afghanistan was under the Taliban - a safe haven for terror, a place where they can plot and plan attacks against America and freedom loving countries around the world," he said.
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