Ed Markey: “We do not use biological weapons in Afghanistan. We do not use chemical weapons in Afghanistan. We do not use this…”

“We do not use biological weapons in Afghanistan. We do not use chemical weapons in Afghanistan. We do not use this present generation of nuclear earth penetrators in Afghanistan because we know it is wrong, and because we just have to ask al Qaeda how well our existing conventional bombs did in destroying them. I have not heard anyone say that there was some problem that needed nuclear weapons to be dropped on Afghanistan. The consequences of opposing the Markey amendment will be that a new generation of nuclear testing, breaching the test ban between the United States and the Soviet Union, sending a signal to countries all around the world that nuclear weapons are now usable, even though we do not need them in Afghanistan, we do not need them in Iraq; we can destroy, level those countries. If we use nuclear weapons in Tora Bora, it will only be in order to ensure that the rubble is bouncing, not that we have destroyed the entire country already with conventional weapons. This is the wrong road to go down. We are breaching a barrier which would be a very serious mistake for our country.”