Political Quotes

“Mr. President, opponents of this resolution say we are not involved in combat and that drones aren't killing people. Guess what. All those records are secretive. They are all classified and put away from the American people. We have no idea what they are doing with drones. I tend to doubt it, and I do think drones have killed people. I also think that we are using our ability to surveil and oversee the region to give them targets for their own drones. So, no, we are involved. When they say that the people of Niger want us to stay, are they talking about the President who is in jail? The guy who was elected is in jail. Are they now saying it is justified to stay because a bunch of thugs who took over the government by military force want us to stay? What a crazy notion. You are here on the floor today supporting the junta. You will support whatever it takes to stay there. You don't care whether it is a democratically elected government or a junta, but it is a mess. The surrounding countries support the President, who is in jail--some of them. Two or three of them who have had juntas themselves support the junta. It is a mess. The French are leaving because it is a mess. There is no clear mission. Our mission was to train their troops. Are you going to train the junta's troops? They have been declared a coup. Even the Biden administration has declared them a coup, and we are cutting off funding, but we are going to leave troops in the middle of a war.…”