Don Nickles: “I likewise would like to compliment my colleague, Senator Warner, because he has been leading the debate, certainly on…”

“I likewise would like to compliment my colleague, Senator Warner, because he has been leading the debate, certainly on this side of the aisle, but, frankly, on both sides of the aisle. Senator Warner has carried the debate on this side almost all of Friday, almost all of Monday, a great deal of today, and I am sure tomorrow and Thursday. He has also been joined by Senator Lieberman as a principal sponsor, as well as Senator McCain, Senator Bayh, and others. I compliment them. I heard some people debating this resolution as if they had not read it. Senate Joint Resolution 46 is well written. It is supported by the administration. There was a lot of time spent in putting this resolution together. Sometimes we legislate without reading. Sometimes we talk to people without listening. I encourage my colleagues to read the resolution. I hope it will get a unanimous vote. I looked at the resolutions we have passed in the last many years dealing with Iraq. Going back to the resolution we passed in 1991, I remember that resolution very plainly. A few days before that resolution passed, I was in Israel. Saddam Hussein was making statements like: If war broke out, Israel would burn. It would be consumed with fire. He was making all kinds of statements against the United States, against Israel, against any potential ally.”