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Jay Inslee: No-go zones, Mr. Speaker. And the problem is the no-go zones are not going to be no-go zones permanently. At some point…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2004
No-go zones, Mr. Speaker. And the problem is the no-go zones are not going to be no-go zones permanently. At some point we are going to have to ask American sons and daughters to go into Fallujah, and they are going to be fired at by insurgents. And the problem is those insurgents tonight are building bunkers and recruiting and building taps and they are building car bombs. They think many of them are assembled in Fallujah and driven around the country, and we are not rousting those groups out. And we are going to have to face their guns when they are emboldened and empowered and in a tougher position. That is terrible military doctrine. It is a mistake. And it is going to cost American lives. And I think that it is one of those things that needs change.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing military strategy and the implications of no-go zones in Iraq.

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