... Since they're attacking our troops, and we have destabilized the area, I've changed my mind and I've come to the conclusion that now is the time to start to redeploy our troops to the periphery and let the Iraqis take over, |
[Appearing Sunday on NBC's] Meet the Press, ... I'm very hopeful that my proposal [of a four-step plan to get U.S. forces out of Iraq] is something they'll take seriously, that [Bush will] get a few of us to the White House and talk to us about this very difficult problem which the whole nation wants to solve with a bipartisan manner. |
[Ms. Backus said that comment was based on news reports and the general tone of an initial statement released by the office of Mr. Hastert, Republican of Illinois. It said that America] must not cower ... want us to wave the white flag of surrender. |
[Now even the hawks say that Iraq is lost.] The U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily, ... It is time to bring them home. |
a good man, a Marine, a patriot. |
Absolutely, we're the target. We're the enemy, ... (The Iraqis) are a proud people, they've been around a lot longer than we have. They've going to win this themselves, they're going to settle this themselves. They have to, there's no alternative. |
All of us want to support the president when he's at war, ... But you can't support him when he won't change directions, won't listen. |
American public is way ahead of us. |
an untimely exit could rapidly devolve into a civil war, which would leave America's foreign policy in disarray as countries question not only America's judgment but also its perseverance. |
Bring the troops home immediately. |
cowards cut and run, Marines never do. |
hotbed of patriotism and they've lost confidence in this effort. |
I did not consider that any money was offered, and certainly none was taken. The FBI who taped the entire conversation knows damn well no money changed hands. |
I didn't want (the public) to think this was a Democrat position plotted from the left wing, |
I have never seen such an outpouring in the 32 years I've been in Congress of support and people with tears in their eyes, people walking along clapping when I'm walking through the halls of Congress, saying something needed to be said, |