Political Quotes

“Not only do I agree, who picked the battlefield? I didn't pick America to be the battlefield. I don't want to be at war with anybody. They chose the battlefield. Where do you think they want to hit us most, I ask Senator McCain? If you could get the top leadership and give them one shot at America anywhere, where would they take that shot? Would they hit us in France? They would hit us here. Why? Because they want to destroy our way of life. They are trying to come here to kill us. All I am suggesting is we should be able to defend ourselves. And the closer they get to us, the more rights to defend ourselves we should have. Let me say I asked the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps: Is the authorization to use military force against al-Qaida, the Taliban, or affiliated groups limited to outside the United States? They said: No, there is no geographic limitation. So if somebody hijacked a plane tomorrow trying to fly it into the Capitol, our military could shoot it down. We are not going to restrict ourselves to the battlefield being everywhere else but in our own backyard. Mr. McCAIN. Finally, again, if there were information of an imminent attack, such as the aircraft that crashed in Pennsylvania that might have been headed for the Capitol, we would take whatever measures necessary to prevent it from happening.…”