Christopher Shays: “I do not know, if that is the kind dialogue that has been happened in Texas. Most of my folks have recognized that we…”

“I do not know, if that is the kind dialogue that has been happened in Texas. Most of my folks have recognized that we got him and it was due to good intelligence. But if I could, you are talking about this administration. Let me just talk briefly about what a former administration said, in other words, what Bill Clinton said, according to John A. Torres from the Florida Today on June 13 in a meeting he had on the 12th. He wrote, ``Former President Bill Clinton told Florida Democrats on Monday that Iraq's fledgling government would falter if the United States were to withdraw its troops. He also said more terrorists could emerge from that region without an American military presence.'' So he is arguing that without a presence it would be worse. Then he said, and this is a quote: `` `The representative government there in Iraq is a hopeful sign,' '' Clinton said at a fundraising reception for the Florida Democratic Party at the Orlando Marriott downtown. `But we need to stay there long enough for the politics to get worked out,' he said. `If we withdrew tomorrow, that government couldn't survive.' ``Clinton said he didn't agree with the original decision to invade Iraq before finishing military operations in Afghanistan. However he said the focus now needs to be on stabilizing Iraq and he warned that occupying Iraq for too long would backfire.'' Too long it would backfire, but he is very clear: We cannot leave until we stabilize Iraq.”