Brian Jones: “Today the Republicans held a conference--the Democrats do the same thing during the week, talk about issues--and I had a…”

“Today the Republicans held a conference--the Democrats do the same thing during the week, talk about issues--and I had a couple of minutes to remind our Speaker of the House, John Boehner, whom I like, think the world of him, that as he was talking about the domestic policies of the President and how many of them seem to be failed policies, I said, well, how about the failed policy in Afghanistan? I had written the Speaker back in November asking him to please take just a few minutes to talk to a retired marine general who has been my adviser on Afghanistan for 3 years. He agrees with me, the general does, that we're not going to win anything there; we just let our precious resources, our children, go there and lose their legs and lives, for what, we don't know. I asked the Speaker--we did it in a bipartisan way. In fact, the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), who will be speaking shortly after me, we did a bipartisan letter, three Democrats and three Republicans, asking Mr. Boehner and also Ms. Pelosi to go read the National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan that came out in December. {time} 1020 If they would read it, they would be better informed and better understand those of us who want to get out. I had emailed the commandant of the Marine Corps who has been my adviser. He is retired now. Right before the burning of the Koran in Afghanistan--what I'm going to share for the record is an email that happened before the burning of the Koran.…”