Ted Poe actually said...

"If you are our best friend, we are going to keep our thumb on you and control what we want."

"His quest for aggression--aggression, I think that is the best way to call this activity--he wants influence back in areas that belonged to the Soviet Union."

"That is his so-called legal justification for invading his neighbors."

"The U.S., West response has been weak, and it is shown because it hasn't stopped the aggression."