Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we all saw the news, yet to be confirmed, that General Qadhafi is dead. This is a victory for our men and women in uniform, for the United States, for the administration, but, most importantly, for the people of Libya. Senators McCain, Graham, Rubio, and I had the privilege 20 days ago of traveling to Tripoli. I was quite surprised at what I saw. Considering other war zones, Tripoli did not appear to be one of them. The rebels took the capital largely intact. Only the Qadhafi compound was blown away. There was anti-Qadhafi graffiti--obviously spontaneous--everywhere, and some of the most popular people in the city were U.S. citizens. While many people in Libya do not fully know the position of Senator McCain, they knew he was an American leader. Throughout our visit, they came out to thank him for the aircraft they saw overhead that they felt equalized the battle between them and their government, between the professional army of Muammar Qadhafi, the people of Misrata, the people of Tripoli, and the people of Benghazi. We have the makings of a very pro-U.S. ally. Millions of Libyans right now are very thankful for the United States. They feel the aircraft overhead that equalized this battle were almost all American. In reality, many of those aircraft were British and French from our NATO allies. But because of that pro-American feeling, the new government there is likely to be overwhelmingly pro-American.…”