W. Weldon said "I would just add that as we found out that Turkey is a 99 percent Muslim state, yet it is 99 percent behind America and the allies in this effort. That proves the point that President Bush and all of us have been making. This is not a war against Islam. This is not a war against Muslims. This is a war against a radical band of cowards who hide in the hills, right now hiding in the deep caverns of the mountains of Afghanistan because they know they have done wrong and they are afraid to show their faces. They are being hidden and kept their by the Taliban government that is just as bad as they are because they are harboring these terrorists that will not bring them forward. Turkey is a critical player." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 2, 2001

I would just add that as we found out that Turkey is a 99 percent Muslim state, yet it is 99 percent behind America and the allies in this effort. That proves the point that President Bush and all of us have been making. This is not a war against Islam. This is not a war against Muslims. This is a war against a radical band of cowards who hide in the hills, right now hiding in the deep caverns of the mountains of Afghanistan because they know they have done wrong and they are afraid to show their faces. They are being hidden and kept their by the Taliban government that is just as bad as they are because they are harboring these terrorists that will not bring them forward. Turkey is a critical player.

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W. Weldon

Republican · Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the role of Turkey and the nature of the conflict in Afghanistan.

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