Political Quotes

“Absolutely, because you do not question these folks. They seem to know everything. What we are finding out is that their understanding is so immature that they are almost child-like in their fantasies. It is almost like a make-believe. They want the world to be a certain way, and so they just assume it is; and then who pays the price? The American people pay the price, the families of our soldiers and the soldiers pay the price. If I can say something about the need to come up with a plan as the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee) and the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) have suggested. The papers reported today that the troop levels that we are going to have in Iraq will stay at about 135,000 throughout 2005. I submit that is just the beginning. It is going to be 2005, 2006, 2007, we know not when this is going to come to an end. This is my prediction. My prediction is this: If we do not change our policies, if we do not come up with a plan to extricate ourselves honorably from that situation, we are going to find ourselves facing the strong possibility of a military draft...”