Political Quotes

“we live in a dangerous time, and that is an understatement. The threats to our freedom are many. They range from terrorist attacks such as those that hit our shores on 9/11 to rogue nations with nuclear ambitions such as North Korea and Iran. It is important that we, as a country, address each of these threats. Recent history is rife with examples of what happens if we fail to do so. The threats don't go away; they only get worse. This is a fact we can see in today's headlines about North Korea's new missile tests--they have not fired a missile since 1998; and from all reports we have been able to pick up on the news, they are now fueling another missile just prior to launch--and also in Iran, where efforts to halt the country's nuclear program have been delayed and complicated by the administration's, I believe, failures in Iraq. This weekend, the Washington Post reported that top Bush administration officials ignored an offer from Iran in 2003, when American leverage in the region was at its height. The offer from Iran was to curtail its nuclear activities. This is very troubling. Paul Pillar, the former head of Middle East analysis for the intelligence community, said that the U.S.…”