[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 167 (Thursday, October 12, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E959]
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                      WAR CRIMINAL PUTIN, NOW IRAN

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 12, 2023

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker Pro Tempore, the murderous 
invasion of Israel by Iran proxies is the latest step of the war we did 
not choose between Dictators with Rule of Gun opposing Democracies with 
Rule of Law. The dictators are murderously united, and it is 
encouraging to see democracies stand with Ukraine and now Israel, as I 
personally saw this weekend attending the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 
in Copenhagen.
  Conflict began with war criminal Putin murderously invading Ukraine 
on February 24, 2022, and now Iran proxy Hamas is heinous in its 
October 7th mass murder of Israelis and other nationalities being 
American, Thai, German, and French, as the Chinese Communist Party 
awaits its time threatening the 24 million people of Taiwan.
  Iran is actually attacking Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Iran's proxies are 
murdering today to stop Saudi Arabia from extending the Abraham Accords 
which have been so successful for prosperity with Bahrain, United Arab 
Emirates, Sudan, and Morocco. The regime in Tehran is sabotaging the 
billion-dollar efforts by Qatar for a functioning civil society in the 
Gaza Strip. Tehran's aggression is a direct threat from the Middle East 
to India with disruption of supply lines causing chaos.
  Last month I was grateful to visit with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince 
Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh to see their world-class developments in 
tourism and golf which Iran seeks to destroy, putting all tourists at 
risk of kidnapping.
  The mass murdering terrorists of Iran must be stopped, as should war 
criminal Putin who have declared their insidious goals of Death to 
Israel, Death to America, and the re-creation of the Evil Soviet 
Empire. Every effort by democracies must be made for the courageous 
Ukrainians and Israelis to win territorial integrity.
  Peace through strength must be established as Putin threatens the 
existence of Moldova, Georgia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia today 
with more murderous invasions later. Iran must be stopped from death to 
Israel and America as the Chinese Communist Party is to be deterred 
from mass murder. The proven Reagan success is Peace Through Strength.

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