Barney Frank: “First, of course, Mr. Chairman, we are not talking about Luxembourg and Iceland, as the gentleman knows. The gentleman…”

“First, of course, Mr. Chairman, we are not talking about Luxembourg and Iceland, as the gentleman knows. The gentleman wants to get into burlesque. We are talking about France and Germany. They are the ones who made the commitment. They are the ones whose taxpayers the gentleman is so valiantly defending. Secondly, the amendment says there must be a safe and orderly withdrawal. But, finally, we are not making policy. We are just telling people to live up to it. It is General Shelton who said I am not letting the American troops be put at risk because of the failure of the Europeans to live up to their commitments. It is General Shelton, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who has said, the failure, the ongoing failure of the Europeans, France and Germany, and Italy and England, they are the ones who are endangering the troops.”