Political Quotes

“Who wants America to come home at this point? The American people do. The Iraqi people want us to leave. In fact, the Iraqi leadership has said it is time for us to start withdrawing our troops. The resistance to bringing our troops home comes from the other side of the aisle and from the White House. They believe we need more troops. How often will America respond when the Iraqis pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1 to send another 20,000 of our best and bravest to go into battle? It is time for the Iraqis to stand and defend their own country. It is time for the American forces to start to come home. It is time for us to acknowledge that they have done their job and done it well. We have lost almost 3,200 American lives; 24,000 have been injured. We know among those injured many have not been greeted as they should have been. They have been sent to flophouse rooms at Walter Reed's Building 18. They have been pushed through the bureaucracy of the Veterans' Administration. For those who say they support our troops, they will have a chance to prove it soon, as we start trying to put the resources we need into the military and VA, to help our troops as they return. This resolution is an opportunity for this Congress to speak to the reality of what is going on in Iraq today, and the reality suggests that it is time for American forces to start to come home; not more forces in harm's way but more forces coming home to be greeted by us, as Americans, for the fine job they have done.”