On the recordJuly 25, 2014
I will continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, Joseph Cirincione wrote an article in Defense One, and I want to quote a part of it. He says: The hard truth is that there is little we can do to save the corrupt, incompetent government we installed in Iraq. If 10 years, millions of hours of work, and hundreds of billions of dollars cannot build a regime that can survive, it is difficult to imagine any fix that can. Those seeking to blame the Obama administration for the collapse are engaged in a cynical game. There is not a quick fix to this problem. The hard truth is that, like the collapse of the Diem government in South Vietnam a generation ago, there is little we can do to prop up this government. As military expert Micah Zenko tweeted, ``Unless the U.S. has bombs that can install wisdom and leadership into Prime Minister Maliki, air strikes in Iraq would be pointless.'' Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, at this time, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).
