Michael Burgess: “I too want to touch on a variety of subjects tonight. There are so many things that are before this body and before the…”

“I too want to touch on a variety of subjects tonight. There are so many things that are before this body and before the country, and I think it is important to speak out about a number of them. The first thing, Mr. Speaker, that is on my mind, of course, is the terrible tragedy that happened in Spain last week. And in the sad aftermath of the bombings in Madrid, unfortunately we see coming from that some sort of new strategy to deal with the war on terror and it is a most unwelcome strategy. This is a strategy of capitulation and of compromise. It is a strategy, in short, of surrender. In that surrender, what do we give up? We give up security, we give up our beliefs, and we give up our values. Mr. Speaker, I am here tonight to say that ``Appeasement does not bring peace.'' Just ask Neville Chamberlain. ``Compromise with hate will not work.'' Remember Joseph Stalin? Mr. Speaker, these terrorists are not seeking peace. They seek to terrorize. Their desire is to bring ruin and disruption into people's lives. They want control, but we must stand firm. The war on terrorism was brought to this country in September of 2001. Our President, George Bush, responded to that act of war in an address to this House with these wise words: ``The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet unyielding anger.…”