Tom Lantos:Americans' patience with this war has run out."(radio address)

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Congressman Tom Lantos (CA-12) to Deliver Democratic Radio Address

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"In Iraq today, we are ruining our military, forcing their families to suffer needlessly, and sacrificing the lives of American men and women in uniform. The enormous financial cost of this war is limiting our ability to address our global security interests, such as the unfinished hunt for the perpetrators of the attacks on our country six years ago.

"To win the war against international terrorism, we must stop frittering away our resources - military, diplomatic, and economic - on an endless religious war in Iraq. With its TV ads, the President's address, and every other available means, the Administration is pulling out all the stops to make the case to 'stay the course' for an endless war in Iraq.


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"We all heard the President on Thursday night. We can expect the Administration to continue asking for more money, more patience, and more sacrifices from our troops - all in the belief that our continued intervention in Iraq will eventually bear fruit. But this approach is not a strategy. And Americans' patience with this war has run out.

"The United States needs a new direction in its policy on Iraq. The situation calls for a change of course. We need to get out of Iraq, for that country's sake as well as our own.


http://www.dnc.org/a/2007/09/congressman_tom.php