Cord Byrd: “more than 2,000 years have passed since Cicero said, ``Endless money forms the sinews of war.'' Let me repeat what I…”

“more than 2,000 years have passed since Cicero said, ``Endless money forms the sinews of war.'' Let me repeat what I have said. More than 2,000 years have passed since Cicero, a great Roman senator, said, ``Endless money forms the sinews of war.'' How astute he was to point that out and how little the times have changed. Today, the United States is engaged not just in one war but two wars. The first of the two wars began 4 years ago when our country was invaded. Our country was attacked by 19 hijackers sent on their deadly mission by Osama bin Laden. That war continues today in Afghanistan. That is a war that was thrust upon us. That was a war in which the United States was invaded by 19 hijackers, not one of whom was from Iraq--not one. That war, as I say, was thrust upon us. The United States was invaded. The United States was attacked and thousands of Americans lost their lives. That is the war that I support. That is the war that I supported from the beginning. But there is also another war, a war which the United States started, a war in which the United States was the attacker. We didn't wait to be attacked; we attacked another nation. We invaded, the United States invaded another nation that did not pose a threat, a direct and immediate threat to our national security. We, the United States, invaded another country that did not act to provoke our invasion.…”