Political Quotes

“it has been a long, long, long slog, whether measured in lives or limbs lost. So many days with no real plan for peace, no real plan for security for our families, so many tears shed by too many families. Too little armor and too little equipment for those who were too quickly placed in harm's way. Over 2,000 fallen American heroes. Over 15,000 wounded Americans, and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians who have died in this conflict. The administration is attempting to relieve itself from the duty to offer any strategy at all, even as it constantly recasts the purpose of its tragic go-it-alone invasion. Like the President's wishful, staged declaration of ``Mission Accomplished'' on that aircraft carrier 2\1/2\ years ago, the Vice President blithely states that the insurgency is in its ``final throes.'' Well, each day's news shows how out of touch he continues to be. But for this administration, any sense of genuine accountability is certainly in it final throes. Its credibility is certainly in its final throes, and the patience of the American people with an administration that lacks any plans for success in Iraq is in its final throes. And with each wasted week, other families with a son or daughter, with a husband or a wife in Iraq, who are seeing their first or second or maybe even their third tour of duty, they wait, they hope, they pray, and some toss and turn in the middle of the night fearing that knock on the door will ultimately come.…”