Political Quotes

“for the second time in one week, I come to the floor of the Senate to bring attention to an atrocious and despicable act of brutality against innocent men, women, and children. Just 8 days ago, the Government of Sudan bombed nine towns, hospitals and feeding centers in the areas of the vast country outside of their control. As I said a week ago, they did not hit key rebel facilities or strongholds. However, they did bomb the town of Lui and the only rudimentary hospital and a TB clinic for a hundred mile radius. They killed, maimed, and injured dozens of innocent and infirmed civilians. As I said last week, I know this 'target' well. It is the very hospital where I served as a volunteer surgeon and medical missionary just two years ago. One of the worst aspects of the bombings is that the Government of Sudan knew exactly what these targets were. There was no mistaking it. Rebel forces had even caught government army agents attempting to mine the airstrip earlier in the year. Last Sunday, 4 days after the bombing, the old Soviet cargo planes, which have been converted into bombers, returned. They dropped no bombs, but inspected the damage of the earlier raid and, we suspect, continued selecting targets. On Tuesday morning, just past 10 a.m. local time, the bomber returned. It dropped 15 more bombs on the Samaritan's Purse hospital it targeted last week. The sad part of the story is that it is not surprising.…”