[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22875]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        A CONSTITUTION FOR IRAQ

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, once again democracy has trumped anarchy, 
chaos, and terror. The Iraqis, 61 percent mind you, went out and voted 
for a new constitution. The Kurds, the Sunnis, and Shiites have formed 
a new democracy in Iraq. Those cynics, even those in this House who say 
the Iraqis are not competent to have a republic, have once again been 
proven to be the ignorant.
  I was in Iraq this January and witnessed these proud people yearning 
to be free. The United States presence in Iraq is serving two purposes: 
we are fighting and winning the war on terror, and we have helped to 
establish a democracy, a free nation in that land far, far away.
  Even though there are those who have the French mindset and want us 
to cut and run, we will not do so. We will not run from duty and 
democracy. When our noble cause is completed and the terrorists are on 
the run, and when the Iraqis can protect their own nation, our troops 
will return to these shores.
  To those pacifists that cry, Peace, peace, at any price peace, there 
can be no peace as long as there is some American somewhere dying for 
the rest of us. That is just the way it is.

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