Political Quotes

“I rise to talk about the human cost of war. There is a real and a deep and a lasting cost to every armed conflict, to every war, one paid by brave men and women around the world and by the people who love them; one also paid, all too often, by civilians, by families, by those considered collateral damage. But before we launch our Nation into an intentional war of choice, we should only ask our Armed Forces members--our soldiers, sailors, our airmen, our marines--to take on the risks and the loss of war if we are sure why. It is clear today we are engaged in a war in Iran. The Trump administration doesn't seem to be able to agree amongst themselves why. What is the scope, what is the mission, what is the duration, what is the cost that so many may need to bear? At the outset, President Trump was talking regime change and urging Iranians to rise up against the brutal and oppressive regime of the mullahs and the Ayatollah. Now they are not mentioning regime change. Recently, Secretary Rubio and Speaker Johnson said Israel forced our hand, and then Trump said: No, no. We forced theirs. There has been talk of taking out their navy, of going after ballistic missile launchers, of preventing the resurrection of a supposedly obliterated nuclear weapons program--but without real clarity. After months of planning, allegedly, there are hundreds and thousands of Americans in the region--civilians, diplomats, families--in harm's way with no clear path to evacuation.”