Bill Delahunt: “Those numbers are mind boggling. And before I yield to my friend from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), I have a question. And I need…”

“Those numbers are mind boggling. And before I yield to my friend from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), I have a question. And I need someone to at least assist me in trying to understand how Iran, again, and a charter member of the axis of evil, is now a military ally of Iraq. And we are promoting democracy in Iraq. {time} 2015 It also should be noted again, according to this Washington Post story, that while the Minister of Defense in the interim government claims that, no, the Iranians are not going to train troops, but he did acknowledge that Iran has pledged $1 billion in reconstruction aid to the Iraqi government, some of which would be to the defense ministry. Is this Allies in Wonderland? Is up down and down is up? The Iranians and the Iraqis are engaged in a military accord? This is the kind of information that we tried to bring out during the course of our conversations once a week. We have just begun them again after a hiatus of some 6 months. But that to me is inexplicable because that will give Iran, Iran, that many on the floor tomorrow will say is a potential enemy and something has got to be done. What is happening?”