Political Quotes

“let me speak from a practical standpoint in favor of the Hyde amendment. In the last couple years we have had real problems with peacekeeping, for instance, and I have always felt that the President should get authorization from Congress before be deploys troops in peacekeeping mission. But I separate peacekeeping from war making. And I think there is a distinctive difference, and I think it is very difficult for us to insist on the convoluted war powers requirements for a President to make decision on sending troops into battle. Now, I remember vividly, and Vietnam war hangs over us with all the concerns and problems that we had, but I remember vividly going to meet with President Bush upstairs in the White House. And the thing we discussed it how long would the American public support a war in Saudi Arabia. As we discussed that, there were recommendations that probably the public would support it anywhere from 6 months to the next election. And this all grew out of the hostilities that were throughout the country during the Vietnam war. My prediction was that the public would support this deployment for about 6 months. And after 6 months, if you remember, we started to get requests, or at least in my office I did, we started to get requests from people in my district that were serving overseas in the hardship position that these folks ought to come home. It is never popular to put people in harm's way.”