[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 23754-23755]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   INDECISION IS A RECIPE FOR FAILURE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the country is at war in Afghanistan. 
Now there seems to be reevaluation and hesitation by the 
administration: Do we move forward with more energy and commitment to 
achieve total success? Do we pack up and abandon Afghanistan heeding 
the cries of the weak that demand peace, peace, any price for peace? Or 
do we hold the line preventing success or failure?
  Our commander on the ground, General McChrystal, wants more troops to 
ensure American victory. Meanwhile, delays, deliberation, and 
indecision leave our troops prey to the Taliban.
  Our troops are waiting for an answer; the Afghan people are waiting. 
Our enemy, the Taliban, is not waiting. They are encouraged by our 
inaction. They believe we will falter. They're on a determined mission 
to spread hate and terror throughout the region.

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  Indecision is a recipe for failure. We would do well to remember the 
words of President Kennedy when he said: ``Let every nation know that 
we will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any 
friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success 
of liberty.''
  America must stop the enemy of humanity.
  And that's just the way it is.

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