Robert Menendez actually said...

"Do not think you can bluff them, and do not be foolish enough to think that, if they depart, your life is going to be better."

"Do not make the same mistake we did. You know, we kissed the Americans good-bye, and we need them today."

"Do not bluff the Americans. The Americans were willing to stay in Iraq. We told them we did not want them."

"Without continued international military and economic support, Afghanistan risks falling back into civil war."