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Marsha Blackburn: “What is going to happen if we leave Iraq? What are the Iraqi people going to do if we leave Iraq? What is going to…”

On the recordMay 1, 2007
What is going to happen if we leave Iraq? What are the Iraqi people going to do if we leave Iraq? What is going to happen in the Middle East? Somebody asked me earlier today, asked me, how many more people have to die? I said that is the question to ask the terrorists: How many more people have to die? But what we do know is that we cannot let down our guard. We do have to continue to fight. We have to realize terror and the war on terror is a new enemy. They do not have a headquarters. They do not show allegiance to a country. They do not wear a uniform. They are an illusive enemy. Right now they are saying the central battle front is Iraq. September 11, 2001, we know where that central battle front was.
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a potential withdrawal from Iraq and the ongoing war on terror.

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