Brian Jones: “Over this past weekend, a published article in a North Carolina paper was titled, ``U.S. Envoy: Troops could stay in…”

“Over this past weekend, a published article in a North Carolina paper was titled, ``U.S. Envoy: Troops could stay in Afghanistan,'' subtitled, ``The White House echoed that 2014 is not a deadline for total withdrawal.'' I would like to submit the article for the Record, Mr. Speaker. I will read the last sentence of the article: ``At a conference in Bonn, Germany, last week, President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan officials called for political and military support for at least another decade.'' This is coming from a man who, according to CNN, told a group of tribal elders last month, ``America is powerful, has more money, but we are lions here. Lions have the habit of not liking strangers getting into their house.'' President Karzai continued by saying, ``We want to say that Iran is our brother. During the years of jihad, Iran has been one of the best countries for hospitality for Afghans. They are our brother.'' Mr. Speaker, it just amazes me that he keeps saying that he doesn't even like us, but when he needs us, then he likes us. Our young men and women in the military are over there, losing their legs, their arms-- and dying. How in the world can we continue to spend $10 billion a month when this man says that Iran is its friend--``they are our brother''? The American people are sick and tired, quite frankly, of being in Afghanistan.…”