[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3608-3609]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   REEVALUATING OUR ANTI-ISIS POLICY

  (Mr. SHERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, in light of the recent attack in Brussels, 
it is appropriate to reevaluate our anti-ISIS policy. The Obama 
administration's basic policy is sound in three parts--don't be 
suckered into declaring war against 1.4 billion Muslims around the 
world; don't be suckered by a small group of misguided psychopaths. 
Second, bomb ISIS appropriately. Third, arm the right rebels in Syria--
but, in the details, the policy needs to be strengthened.
  We have armed dozens, rather than thousands, in Syria because we 
insist that those whom we arm swear that they will not attack Assad. 
Assad has killed 200,000 civilians. Patriotic Syrians will wage war 
against that regime. Second, in our bombing, we have a zero civilian 
casualties policy. We will not hit a tanker truck that carries ISIS oil 
if it is moving, which means there is a driver in that truck, and that 
driver might be a civilian. We provide free electricity to ISIS-
controlled areas.
  It is time to get serious about our efforts against ISIS.

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