Todd Tiahrt: “this is an issue that has a lot of passion; and when a lot of passion is embracing an issue, things are said that are…”

“this is an issue that has a lot of passion; and when a lot of passion is embracing an issue, things are said that are very harsh and I think at times untrue. Earlier we heard that there were quote/unquote dirty, nasty remarks against him, referring to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha). No one is saying that about the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha). The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) has a great deal of respect on both sides of the aisle and across the Nation. This resolution is very simple. It is expressing a sense of the House. It has three lines to it. It says: ``Resolved, that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.'' We are in a war for the Free World, and I think part of what we have to do and understand is the enemy himself. Al Qaeda is not fighting for a religion. They are fighting for political power by using a religion. Their targets on Americans, Jews, secular Muslims, and other Islamists like Shiites and Sunni Muslims. They have killed and maimed innocent men and women and children from many faiths and walks of life. Their goals are measured in steps that include Iraq and every country from Spain to the Philippines, all under one theocratic government. They oppose the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to vote, women's rights, education for women, religious freedom.…”