Peter DeFazio Iraq Quotations

Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq.

Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.

To the contrary, I believe the U.S. military has already done all that has been asked of them. Saddam Hussein is on trial. The threat from alleged weapons of mass destruction programs in Iraq has been neutralized.

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.

It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.