Pete Sessions: “Then he basically volunteered, he said: Senator Sessions, sir, what I'd like to say is that the troops that serve in the…”

“Then he basically volunteered, he said: Senator Sessions, sir, what I'd like to say is that the troops that serve in the region are not afraid of what's happening there. They would be afraid of what would happen if we just precipitously left. I would carry it a little bit further because I was talking to some soldiers. Basically, what they told me was they were worried the politicians wouldn't have the gumption to stay the course and be successful after we have committed so much of our resources and lives, when we have a new government that has been up less than 6 months, trying to get itself established, and then we send signals with this kind of debate that we might just up and leave. Fortunately, when we have had the votes, they have not been there. It is not helpful, in my view, to have this kind of debate. We have had it before. We have had our votes. The American people have elected the President again when he stated exactly what he intends to do to protect this country from the regimes and the terrorists that are gathering in Iraq. We have an outstanding Secretary of Defense, a man who has the confidence of the President, a man who has listened to the generals. I was on an airplane, a C-130, flying into Baghdad with General Abizaid. We could hardly hear anyone talk on the planes. Just the two of us were sitting on one side of the aircraft. He explained to me why he thought we should not send more troops there 2 years ago.…”