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On the recordJuly 18, 2006
for several generations now we have watched Middle Eastern-born terrorism intimidate, maim and kill Americans and our allies around the free world. The images coming out of Israel and Lebanon are a sad, ugly replay of something we have seen far too often. Mr. Speaker, there is no easy solution to this problem, despite what some pundits on the talk show circuit would tell us. This is a fight between a nation and between terrorists who claim no nation. It is simply unacceptable that Iran would be permitted to fund a terrorist organization like Hezbollah. It is unacceptable that the state-sponsored terrorist organization would be placed in another nation, Lebanon, in order to wage a steady war against one of our allies. That is what has been happening for far too long. Mr. Speaker, our President is exactly right not to condemn Israel for taking actions to defeat its terrorist enemy. ____________________
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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