Robert Menendez actually said...

"Prolonged delay in concluding the BSA... can only diminish the prospect that these pledges will be fully met."

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

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

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