Political Quotes

“What I wish to emphasize is our increasing dependence on this source. It is now 10 percent of the total oil that we import. The significance of that is that, as the Senator from Maryland pointed out, is that the Oil-for-food program is kind of like a sieve. There are these sanctions, but as the Senator from Maryland noted, the oil seeps out through other routes than the U.N. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an adequate safeguard. So he is able to fund a significant amount of oil outside of the U.N. sanctions. And then the last point I want to make is that this is a unique situation. We should remind people that we are flying sorties, enforcing a no-fly zone over a country that we are allowing ourselves to become more dependent upon. I think that is very dangerous from the standpoint of national security. Obviously, Saddam Hussein himself and his record of terrorism speaks for itself. We rightly condemn Iran and Libya for harboring and sponsoring terrorists. I think Saddam Hussein fits into that category as well. In addition, we should not forget that have a growing dependence on an individual who, at virtually every opportunity, concludes major speeches with ``death to Israel.'' Clearly, we are almost at war with this individual.”