Political Quotes

“The Iraqis did not want to leave a force behind. Mr. McCAIN. Yes; he was saying they did not. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the following quotes, including October 2012. I quote the President of the United States: What I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq [as Candidate Romney proposed], that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East. Jay Carney said on October 1, 2012: When President Obama took office, the Iraq War had been going on for years and he had campaigned with a promise to end that war, and he has done that. One of my favorites is December 2011: In the coming days the last American soldiers will cross the border out of Iraq. . . . with honor and with their heads held high. After nearly nine years, our war in Iraq ends this month. Anyway, the list goes on. In fact, the President campaigned for reelection in 2012 on the premise that he had gotten us out of Iraq. The Senator from South Carolina and I predicted this would happen if we didn't leave a residual force behind. I say to my colleagues again, if we repeat this same total pullout of Afghanistan, we are going to see this same movie in Afghanistan. So I plead with the President of the United States, please revisit your decision that every American troop be pulled out. The Afghans do not have the capability, whether air assets, intel or other capabilities, to defend themselves against an enemy that has a sanctuary in Pakistan.…”