[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           THE ISLAMIC STATE

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I was in agreement with the President going 
after IS but not with people we can't trust.
  Andy McCarthy has a great article here entitled, ``But They Were 
Really Moderate Beheadings,'' pointing out that the people the 
President wants to support actually are guilty of beheadings 
themselves. But apparently they are moderate beheadings.
  It is also important to note that Hezbollah has released a statement 
saying that President Obama is not determined enough to confront IS. 
And they said: ``Those who delve deeper into the American stance will 
notice that Americans accept IS in our region while trying to prevent 
it from spreading to their country.''
  This is not the way to go. These people cannot be trusted. It is time 
for us to either help the Kurds--since Turkey is not willing to face 
this crisis by putting boots on the ground and actually fighting IS for 
us, then arm the Kurds. I know the Turks are afraid of that. But we are 
more concerned about IS.
  Help the Kurds. And let's wipe out IS but not with free Syrians we 
can't trust.

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