Political Quotes

“There's something that I'll personally never forget. That occurred in April, 2007. I'll get to why that is something I'll never forget in a second. That's when the majority leader, Senator Harry Reid, said of Iraq, ``I believe myself that the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and--you have to make your own decisions as to what the President knows--know this war is lost and that the surge is not accomplishing anything, as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq.'' As in 2007, Senate Majority Leader Reid was in a rush to the exits in Iraq and a rush to declare the war had been lost. Why was that important to me? Because I was in Afghanistan at that time--or a nation by Afghanistan--getting ready to fly a KC-135 aircraft into combat in Afghanistan. As I was on the treadmill exercising, I saw what the number four most powerful guy in politics said, and I felt it in my soul. I felt anger. I knew that there was celebrating in the caves in Iraq and in the caves in Afghanistan because the United States said we were going to lose. Well, guess what? It took the brave leadership of somebody to say we will not lose in Iraq and we're on the verge of victory. We had a surge in Iraq. And today, it appears to be a more stabilizing situation, and hopefully in 10 years Iraq will be an example of democracy in the Middle East. Last night, I heard the President say nothing of the word victory in Afghanistan but talked about how this is the beginning of the end.…”