Political Quotes

On the recordMay 20, 2015
If you're not winning in this kind of warfare, you are losing. Stalemate is not success.
Said by
Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker emphasizes that a stalemate against ISIL is equivalent to losing.

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