Political Quotes

“I rise to speak on the challenge posed by Iran to our national security and the interests of our friends and allies, how the United States should best address the challenge posed by Iran and its leader Ahmadi-Nejad. This has been much in the news lately. The Iranian President visited New York to the United Nations general assembly last week and delivered a controversial address at Columbia University. During the very same week, the Senate approved a resolution condemning Iranian activity that helped destabilize Iraq and called upon the administration to take actions to deter future Iranian meddling in Iraq and other places. It is no surprise that the debate over how to handle Iran occurs very much in the shadow of the Iraq war. Five years ago, Congress voted to give the President the authorization to go to war against Saddam Hussein based upon Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction programs. The shocking failure to uncover those so-called WMD programs and the fatally flawed manner in which the President took our Nation to war must weigh upon all of us now as we debate the right course of action against Iran.”