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Louie Gohmert: Thank you, Madam Speaker. The things that are going on right now in the world are deeply troubling. For those of us who…

On the recordSeptember 14, 2012
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The things that are going on right now in the world are deeply troubling. For those of us who have studied history, it becomes even more disturbing when we make the same mistakes again, mistakes that get people killed who have entrusted their lives to their government, who say, I'm willing to lay down my life for you. I give my life in service to you. As some of the military, some of our outstanding military in Afghanistan this year have told me sincerely, I'm willing to lay down my life for my country. Please don't waste my life. The decisions of a President who has never really gotten involved in foreign affairs, his experience before coming into public office is as a community organizer. That can be fine if you adequately study history and really understand, not from the standpoint of an Indonesian school child and the limited viewpoint that that may yield, but from the standpoint of someone who has studied history inside and out and understands such things as the axiom that when a nation's enemies see that nation's strongest ally or allies pulling away from it, that's when they move. The old axiom that among nations, weakness is provocative. Two years ago, I'd seen an article, and this may have been the one I'd seen because the title is ``Obama votes against Israel.'' This is an article dated May 29, 2010.…
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Sep 14, 2012

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