Kendrick Meek: “But we left, and now we have commanders on the ground in Afghanistan…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2006

But we left, and now we have commanders on the ground in Afghanistan saying, we are losing ground now. We need help now. But guess what, Madam Speaker? War number two, that has nothing to do with the war on terror but now has become a war on terror, or we are trying to connect it, and the President spent almost more time trying to connect the reason why we went into Iran with 9/11. And that is not the case, and I think everybody knows it. The Taliban wasn't in Iraq. They weren't there, Madam Speaker. They have operatives there now as it relates to al-Qaeda. That is after we invaded.

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