Political Quotes

“there have been comments on the floor about the fact that in just 2 hours the President of the United States will have an opportunity to sign or veto a bill which literally will affect the lives of 150,000 soldiers and their families, if not every American. It is a bill that was passed by the House and Senate, with bipartisan votes in both bodies, and sent to the President. It fully funds the troops in Iraq, giving them all the resources they need, and more, so they can execute this war and their duties in a safe manner. But it also does something significant; it starts to change the mission in Iraq. We are in the fifth year of this war. We have lost 3,351 American lives. I respect very much the Senator from Wyoming. He tries to make a point that it is not a civil war. My understanding of a civil war is when people of the same nation are at war with one another. That, sadly, is the reality of what is going on in Iraq today--Iraqis killing one another while Americans stand in the midst of the crossfire. Had the President of the United States come to this Congress in October of 2002 and suggested we send 150,000 soldiers into Iraq for the purpose of refereeing a civil war or a religious war that had its origins in 14 centuries of anger, had he said to us we must stay as long as 5 years and spend $500 billion and risk thousands of American lives, with no end in sight, what were the chances we would have passed that resolution? None.…”