Political Quotes

“that is a question that needs to be explored. And, quite frankly, now we know that Iran apparently is going to pursue their nuclear capabilities. And what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about it? With 135,000 troops bogged down in Iraq, how can we pose a credible threat to Iran to try to get them not to pursue nuclear capabilities? I think we have overextended ourselves, we are exhausting our troops, and we are putting ourselves in great jeopardy as a Nation. And our national security is in jeopardy, I believe, because we have overextended ourselves; we have miscalculated in Iraq. And we will find ourselves hard pressed to meet a threat anywhere else on Earth if we were in need of a significant number of troops anywhere else. And I think that is a serious problem that this entire Chamber should be addressing.”