Political Quotes

“I am almost at a loss for words to describe the tragic situation that has unfolded in the past 24 hours, or 36 hours--whatever the case may be--where a plane that was manufactured here in the United States delivered a missile into a residential area controlled by the Palestinians and brought about the deaths of many innocent people. It is characterized and described at length in the article which appeared in this paper and the papers across the world today. The raid, as told by the reports, took the life of an individual who has brought about great harm to the people of Israel over a long period, but along with that life went the lives of many children and innocent people. Preceding this use of force--again, use of force which is perceived by the Israeli leadership as necessary to protect the integrity of their sovereign nation and the safety of the people, and I will not debate that at this point in time--preceding this event were the tragic bombings by humans going into the Israeli areas with the bombs strapped to them giving up their lives and taking the lives of innocent people on the streets. And on and on it goes. What do we do about it? I reiterate that I have spoken about this on this floor several times, and I intend to this time formalize it in a letter which I will be sending perhaps tonight or early tomorrow morning to the President of the United States.”