Louie Gohmert: “Well, my friend the judge indicates he was lucky, unfortunately, in his perverted way of thinking. That also is a way of…”

“Well, my friend the judge indicates he was lucky, unfortunately, in his perverted way of thinking. That also is a way of thinking that confounded Thomas Jefferson when he was negotiating with the Islamic Barbary pirates. He actually believed he would have gone to paradise and had dozens of virgins at his disposal if he had been killed, so he doesn't necessarily think of himself as lucky. Nor would those in Iran, once a nuclear weapon or nuclear weapons are assuredly procured, be any different. They would believe, if they were to go up with the nuclear weapon that they carried into some place where lots of Americans were or Israelis were, then they would be assured of instantly being transported to paradise. Some of us have a different view of what they would find when they meet their Maker after this life, and I think they're going to be terribly surprised. But our job and our oath is to our Constitution. It's to provide for the common defense against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And when someone presents this kind of danger to our troops, it is just unfathomable that our military leaders would become so politically correct and so militarily neutered that they would not stand up for their own troops, for those whose care has been put under their service and attention. I thank my friend for yielding. {time} 2010”