Political Quotes

“I have to respectfully suggest to my friend that there are many individuals whom I have spoken to who really like what we have suggested--we, the Democrats--that there be a redeployment of troops. Does that mean they all pull out of Iraq and leave immediately? Of course, it doesn't. But redeploy the troops. Redeploy the troops. Redeploy them to do what? Counterterrorism, force protection, and training the Iraqis. And my contacts in the military say they think our proposal is pretty good. We were on this proposal before the Iraq Study Group, but they adopted it, and I hope they got it from us, and that is that there should be a regional conference, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and, yes, Iran. This is a regional problem. This war will not be handled and dealt with and taken care of militarily. It can only be done diplomatically. We are a wonderful fighting force, and we will continue to be, but where we have lost our edge is diplomatically.”