[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          FAILED IRAQI POLICY

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, the President persists, despite the 
contrary advice of his most experienced and senior military officers in 
the field, that escalation is the answer to the chaos, the sectarian 
strife, in Iraq.
  He is not only perpetuating his failed status quo stay-the-course 
strategy; he actually is going to undermine the U.S. forces and our 
allies in the most critical conflict.
  Remember his phrase, ``Fight them there or fight them here''? Well, 
that is true, but not in Iraq. That is true in Afghanistan.
  Remember ``Osama bin Ladin: dead or alive''? The Taliban, al Qaeda? 
Well, they are resurgent and they are going to threaten Kandahar we are 
told by our commanders in the field in the spring, and they have asked 
for reinforcements.
  And what is the President doing to perpetuate his failed policy in 
Iraq, an unnecessary war in an area that doesn't threaten the United 
States of America? He is withdrawing U.S. troops from southern 
Afghanistan and sending them on a failed mission in Iraq.
  He could be the only President to lose two wars at the same time.

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