NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “again we return to the people's House to discuss the people's business and the central question that cuts to the very…”

“again we return to the people's House to discuss the people's business and the central question that cuts to the very core of our existence: free men and women engaged in an armed struggle to advance freedom elsewhere in the world; our all-volunteer military, standing in the breach against Islamofascism and terror in Afghanistan and in innumerable other places around the globe. But the central front for our discussion this evening in Iraq. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the resolution, in support of the troops, in support of this mission, as I often recall the words of Mark Twain that history does not repeat it, but it rhymes. I review the debate that has gone on in the people's House today, so many willing to compare this to Vietnam. So many coming to this floor using the term ``quagmire,'' and yet any dispassionate, objective evaluation of what has transpired would be remiss if we did not include not one, not two, but three elections where we have seen turnout by the Iraqi people exceed on each occasion what had gone on before. We see a nation being born, fighting terror, and we see American troops, volunteers, stepping forward. Others have made the point, Mr. Speaker, that there is no more solemn and sacred obligation than casting a vote to put our military into harm's way. I have been at Walter Reed with one of my constituents prior to surgery. I had that young man say to me: Congressman, I am a cav scout. That's my job; that's my profession.…”