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Supporting The Iraq Mission

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 12, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense Foreign Affairs


SUPPORTING THE IRAQ MISSION -- (House of Representatives - February 12, 2007)

Mr. Barrett of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this week we will debate a non-binding resolution that will do nothing more than undermine the mission in Iraq, weaken the morale of our troops, and embolden our enemy.

No doubt mistakes have been made in the battle with Iraq. With every war mistakes are made. The question before us is, Are we going to learn from the mistakes and correct them and move forward with a plan of success, or are we going to retreat in defeat?

Mr. Speaker, the terrorists themselves believe Iraq is a central front in the war on terror. Al Zawahiri, al Qaeda's deputy leader, has repeatedly said Iraq and Afghanistan are the ``two most crucial fields'' in the Islamists' war. A policy of retreat and defeat would result in pervasive instability and embolden radical Islamist terrorists and rogue regimes to expand new areas in the region.

Mr. Speaker, the stakes are real and they are high. And the American people deserve leadership, not partisan politics. I will continue to support our troops by continuing to support their mission.


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