[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 3, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IRAQ IS ANOTHER VIETNAM

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as we acknowledge the 30th 
anniversary of the conflict in Vietnam, it is important to be reminded 
of the crisis in Iraq: 12,000 wounded soldiers, 1,500 dead, 143 Iraqis 
and others killed over this past weekend; no stated policy from this 
administration, and the continuous flow of injured and fallen soldiers 
coming home to loved ones.
  Iraq is another Vietnam. Iraq deserves the attention of this Congress 
and of this administration. It is time now to address the fact that 
there were no weapons of mass destruction. Whether or not we are 
liberators, no one seems to care. This government is in conflict. The 
Shiite government is refusing to seek Sunnis. The insurgents will 
continue, the bloodshed will continue, the hostages will continue.
  We must, we must have a solution to this terrible tragedy in Iraq. We 
are not creating freedom; we are creating terrorists.

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