[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, our enemies are listening, and they are 
planning on our actions today, just like the North Vietnamese did 
decades ago. And don't believe me, but listen to the words of Colonel 
Bui Tin, who served on the general's staff of the North Vietnamese Army 
and received the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam on April 30, 
1975.
  In an interview with The Wall Street Journal in 1995, he drew some 
important parallels to the debate today. When asked how the North 
Vietnamese intended to defeat America, Colonel Tin responded, ``by 
fighting a long war which would break their will to help South 
Vietnam.'' He went on to quote Ho Chi Minh, who said, ``We don't need 
to win military victories, we only need to hit them until they give up 
and get out.'' Colonel Tin said the American antiwar movement was 
essential to their strategy. He said it represented the conscience of 
America and the conscience of America was part of its war-making 
capability, and we were turning that power in our favor.
  Through protests, America lost its ability to mobilize a will to win. 
That is what this supplemental does here today. Let's listen to the 
past and not repeat its mistakes. Let's pass a clean bill and give our 
soldiers what they need to win.

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