Bill Delahunt: “I do not want to get into politics, but I think the gentleman makes an excellent point with clarity by identifying the…”

“I do not want to get into politics, but I think the gentleman makes an excellent point with clarity by identifying the issue, and the issue is it is important that we all understand what enemy are we describing and talking about when we talk about a threat to the United States. The administration continues to suggest that somehow by invading Iraq, we will have deterred terrorism, but the reality is it is just the opposite. Attacks are on the rise throughout the world. An NBC News analysis that was viewed on September 2, just last week, showed that of the roughly 2,930 terrorism-related deaths since 9/11, 58 percent of them have occurred this year. That is in excess of 1,700. We just picked the paper up this past weekend and witnessed a horrific incident.”