Political Quotes

“Today the Iranians claimed to have seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz, while firing on a third. The President has ordered the blockade of Iranian ports to continue, even as he announced a cease-fire, even as he backed off yet another apocalyptic threat. In short, we are approaching the end of the second month of Trump's Iran war, and there is no end to the conflict or the confusion in sight. Sadly, there is little sense that a deal is in the offing or what that deal would look like and whether our security will be any better if and when the President declares some kind of Pyrrhic victory. But this much we know already: This war has come at a terrible cost. First and foremost, there has been the tragic loss of human lives. Mr. President, 13 of our servicemembers have been killed, including CW3 Robert Marzan of California. Over 200 U.S. servicemembers have been injured, some seriously. Our hearts go out to all of the families and communities from which they come. Scores of Iranian civilians have also been killed including over a hundred at a girl's school that appears to have been mistakenly bombed by the United States. There have also been casualties in Israel and the Gulf States, the total number of which is still unknown. Second, there is the economic cost to the American taxpayer to the tune of tens of billions of dollars--maybe when this conflict is over, hundreds of billions of dollars.”