Barbara Boxer: “I say to my friend, if we are to be relevant--this is the word the President talks about when referring to the…”

“I say to my friend, if we are to be relevant--this is the word the President talks about when referring to the U.N.--that is what we ought to be doing because, when I went home, people wanted to talk about this because they are nervous about it. Frankly, they don't want us to go it alone. At least the vast majority of people in my State feel that way. They are asking me what it is going to cost. I say I have my own guess, but we really have no idea. A man got fired because he said it would cost between $100 billion and $200 billion. Now they are saying $95 billion. And now they are offering Turkey $26 billion. One general said they will need to stay there with 200,000 troops for years. Another general said that was wrong. We cannot get an answer to that. We don't know if Saddam Hussein will use these weapons of mass destruction, or what he will do with the oil fields if we go in there. My own view on this is that the American people are very concerned.”