Bill Delahunt: “If you continue to yield for just a moment, I do not want to interfere with the gentleman's hour. But I would suggest to…”

“If you continue to yield for just a moment, I do not want to interfere with the gentleman's hour. But I would suggest to my dear friend that the defense minister of the country in question, Afghanistan, should be considered the ultimate expert. And, again, my good friend earlier indicated that there were Members on this side of the aisle that were reluctant, or were critical before we went into Afghanistan. Again, with all due respect, I would suggest that the vote in this institution was something along the lines of 430-1. So that that particular authorization received unanimous support. And I dare say it was a good decision and a right decision. The problems that I and I know some of my colleagues on this side, as well as some of your colleagues on the other side, have is that we left there too early and that is why the expert in this case, who is the defense minister of Afghanistan, said that for the country to be stabilized so that democracy, which we both, I think we all want to see for the Afghanistan people can really take hold, five times the security forces that exist today are necessary.”