Political Quotes

“I hope this sense-of- the-Senate resolution will pass unanimously. The purpose of this resolution is to try to put in perspective what has been achieved by Operation Iraqi Freedom. We have suffered greatly in this country. The Iraqi people have suffered. We have lost soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. We have spent a lot of money, but I argue that we are much more secure as a nation; that there is one less dictator in the world to help terrorists; and that dispensing with Saddam Hussein's regime has been of particular benefit to our Nation, the region, and the world. But there is one nation where this has made a dramatic difference. That is the State of Israel. This resolution says in very simple and strong terms that disposing of the Saddam Hussein government has made the State of Israel a more secure place. Why do we say that? During Saddam Hussein's period of ruling, he paid suicide bombers, homicide bombers, in Palestine money, and families of suicide and homicide bombers, to go in and kill innocent Israeli citizens. So when he left, there is one less person to fund people who are trying to destroy peace. Israel and the Palestinian people deserve to live side by side in peace with two independent states. Saddam Hussein was providing money to people, the Arab Liberation Front, whose goal was to put Israel in the sea. There is an element of people in that region who don't want to make peace with Israel. They want to destroy the State of Israel.…”