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“like the President's wishful, staged declaration of ``Mission Accomplished'' on that aircraft carrier 2\1/2\ years ago, or the Vice President's declaration that the insurgency was in its ``final throes,'' this resolution proclaims the desire of Congress for ``victory'' in Iraq. Instead of dispatching our troops in adequate numbers, this Congress made one speech after another. Instead of covering our troops with adequate, impenetrable armor, this Congress passed one paper resolution after another like this, which provided little shield from those who would do our brave men and women harm. Well, each day's news shows how out of touch this Administration and its congressional followers continue to be. Like the administration, this Congress has no idea what victory means other than trying to escape the morass that its bad judgment got us into. I believe that victory in Iraq, which we all desire, begins with a commitment to championing the truth. This is an administration that cannot utter ``Iraq'' without saying ``9/11,'' even though it knows there is absolutely no connection between the two. To win a war you have to shoot straight. Our young men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan understand that, but this administration and its congressional followers demonstrate again and again that they do not-- when they are discussing the real weakness of the Iraqi army or fail to do so, the strength of the insurgency, or the length our armed forces should be deployed.…”