Political Quotes

“No one doubts this is a critical issue, dealing with and securing this stockpile of conventional weapons, which our military tells us on the ground is now being used in more sophisticated ways by the old Fedayeen, by the thugs, by the old Iraqi Army, by the people attacking us. The need in this area is enormous. Consider these facts: The head of the central command, General Abizaid, testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on September 24: There is more ammunition in Iraq than anyplace I've ever been in my life. Continuing: And it is all not securable. He goes on to say: I wish I could tell you that we had it all under control but we don't. General Abizaid estimates Saddam Hussein amassed 650,000 tons of ammunition. That is about a third of the entire United States military stockpile. Take all of the amassed ammunition the United States of America has stockpiled, with our close to $400 billion military budget, and Saddam has amassed about a third that much, and 650,000 tons is sitting in Iraq right now. Now, of that 650,000, only 70,000 to 80,000 tons have been secured by the American military. Why? They do not have the manpower. CENTCOM has estimated it will take 5 years to destroy those weapons already confiscated. I say to my friends, as important as housing is, that is more important.”