Jack Kingston: “we are about half way, maybe not half way, but we are at a critical juncture in our mission in Iraq; but the Democrats…”

“we are about half way, maybe not half way, but we are at a critical juncture in our mission in Iraq; but the Democrats want to bail out now. They want to pull the rug out from under the President of the United States so badly that they are willing to strand the people in Iraq and even endanger our soldiers. I think it is outrageous. If we listen to the Presidential debates on the Democrat side, Dean, Kerry, Clark, it does not really matter what they say today, because tomorrow they will be saying the opposite thing. It is like a jam session of the first amendment without any responsibility to what your words are. But let us look at the situation in Iraq. We have a very successful military operation that is on balance. I do not want another American soldier or any soldier or any citizen to get killed, obviously. But we have done a remarkable job, and we have secured the country. Look at the situation of the citizenry. They are standing forward, they are in power, they are getting police forces in each town, they are getting a militia going. Look at the infrastructure of freedom that is emerging: 150 newspapers, health care benefits, electricity and water. All of this is happening. It is not the time to retreat and pull the rug out from under the people of Iraq or our military. Let us pass the supplemental.”