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Wendy Sherman: I just want to further the remarks of the gentleman from Illinois who just spoke. There are those who think we can just…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2016
I just want to further the remarks of the gentleman from Illinois who just spoke. There are those who think we can just go after ISIS. Keep in mind, the Shiite extremist alliance of Tehran, of Assad, of Hezbollah has killed far more Americans than ISIS has, starting with our marines in the 1980s, and including hundreds of our servicepeople in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have killed far more civilians than ISIS ever aspired to, over 200,000 in Syria alone. Finally, as long as Assad is in power in Syria, the Sunni community will be rising up in rebellion. Assad doesn't fight ISIS; but he did, in effect, by his policies, create ISIS. In addition, the extremist Shiites around Maliki in Baghdad did the same in Iraq by oppressing the Sunni community of Iraq and giving rise to this ISIS scourge. Let us remember, we have got to go after ISIS and the extremist Shiite cabal. ____________________
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Wendy Sherman
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Jan 12, 2016

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