Dan Burton said "Let me just say that appeasement and weakness led to World War II, and 62 million people died. We are now in the nuclear age, and we have an enemy that will tie a nuclear weapon or plastic explosives around themselves and blow themselves up. If they come to America with a nuclear device, a suitcase nuclear device, they could destroy this place and kill all of us three blocks away from here by detonating that kind of a device. Remember, they are our mortal enemy. Osama bin Laden said it. They are in Iraq. We have got to stand firm." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 25, 2007

Let me just say that appeasement and weakness led to World War II, and 62 million people died. We are now in the nuclear age, and we have an enemy that will tie a nuclear weapon or plastic explosives around themselves and blow themselves up. If they come to America with a nuclear device, a suitcase nuclear device, they could destroy this place and kill all of us three blocks away from here by detonating that kind of a device. Remember, they are our mortal enemy. Osama bin Laden said it. They are in Iraq. We have got to stand firm.

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Dan Burton

Indiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the threat of terrorism and the need for a strong response.

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