Lamar Alexander actually said...

I would hope that we would take advantage of this rare opportunity we have in the Senate to dream big and think 25 years ahead.

I think people are right to expect to us to act like grownups. And that means, sure, say what we really prefer, what we're really for, but -...

We have to send a signal to the rest of the Middle East that we're there for a long time.

I'm not persuaded that the 21,000 is a good idea.