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On the recordMay 10, 2007
Al Qaeda is the enemy. They are the ones that attacked us on 9/11, attacked the USS Cole, our embassies in Africa, and they have said they want to destroy us. The military leader of the terrorist group in Iraq today is the al Qaeda leader. They want to drive us out of Iraq and defeat us. They want us to turn tail and run so they can continue their attacks on the free world, especially the United States of America. I just don't understand this. You say you want to redeploy. That means withdraw. You say that you want a fair end to this war. You say that you want a timetable for withdraw. We didn't do that in World War II. It was a world war against terrorism. Adolph Hitler killed 6 million Jews in the ovens. This is a world war. They have told us in no uncertain terms what they want to do. They are the enemy, and we are going to withdraw? I just don't understand it. I don't understand my colleagues. We cannot do that. They aren't going to go away. They will blow themselves up holding a baby in their arms. They will do anything to defeat us. Al Qaeda, remember? This President said this war may go on for a long time because they want to destroy us. He didn't put a timetable on it; nor should we. Al Qaeda, they blew up the World Trade Center; remember? They killed over 3,000 people and flew into the Pentagon; remember? They want to destroy us; remember?
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing the threat of Al Qaeda and opposing withdrawal from Iraq.

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