Political Quotes

“I was particularly taken by Senator Levin's reference to General Washington and what General Washington said with regard to prisoners. But we must be mindful that General Washington was facing the King's Army. Those were uniformed individuals. Those were individuals acting on behalf of the Crown. That is totally different--totally different--from what we as a nation and many other nations today are facing with these terrorists. Consequently, as a part of the evolution of this extraordinary proliferation of terrorism across the world has come the definitions and terms relating to the unlawful enemy combatant--I repeat, unlawful--because those individuals are not wearing uniforms, they are not following any code of laws or conduct that has overseen much of warfare in the history of the world. They are not affiliated with any state. They are driven, in my judgment, by convictions, much of it religious convictions which are totally antithetical to their own religion, and willing to sacrifice their own lives to foster their ambitions and goals.”