[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WHO HAS LET OUR TROOPS DOWN?

  (Mr. FILNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman says we do not support our 
troops. The gentleman says we want to cut and run. The gentleman says 
we have let our troops down.
  I will tell Members who have let our troops down: the administration 
that misled us into this war and did not tell us the truth, an 
administration that is incompetent, that does not provide the body 
armor for our troops, nor the armored cars. We have been told 25 
percent of the casualties would have been prevented if this 
administration had been competent.
  I will tell Members who has let our troops down: those who did not 
instruct prison guards in the Geneva Convention and who led young 
people, brave young men and women, to the abuse of prisoners and led to 
our embarrassment worldwide. That is who is letting our troops down: an 
administration that has no plan for the peace. We have no idea what we 
are doing there or how to get out. That is who is letting our troops 
down. That is who is not supporting our troops. I yield the balance of 
responsibility to this administration.

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