Robert Menendez actually said...

"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."

"Simply put, at some point the United States has to ask if we should let our long-term interests and our substantial investments in Afghanistan be determined by a lame-duck President."

"Ask the thousands of Afghans who participated in the Loya Jirga last month and overwhelmingly called for Afghanistan to sign the BSA."