[Texgreen] Tx senators set the record straight on the war in Iraq

[Roger Baker]

Their MOST RECENT statements:

Hutchinson (Nov. 9, 20-05):

http://hutchison.senate.gov/speec473.htm

"... The President, knowing what happened on 9/11, was determined =20
that he was not going to have another terrorist attack on America =20
with weapons of mass destruction. That is why we went into the Middle =20=

East. We took on Saddam Hussein, who was known to have, from many =20
different sources, weapons of mass destruction. So we are there, and =20
our troops are doing a great job. We are building the confidence in =20
Iraq. You can see it from the people who are voting with their feet. =20
They are walking to the polls and voting. Even under threat of death, =20=

they are working to establish a democracy. They are defying the =20
terrorists. They know what the terrorists are doing to their country, =20=

and they are fighting back. And we are going to stand and fight with =20
them, as we promised we would do..."

Cornyn (Dec.15, 2005):

http://cornyn.senate.gov/index.asp?f=3Drecord&lid=3D1&oid=3D19&rid=3D23707=
1&pg=3D1

=93The elections in Iraq appear to be going very well. Voter turnout =20
has exceeded all expectations and we=92re seeing broad participation =20
from the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites. This has to be bad =20
news for the Saddam loyalists and the foreign fighters who regard =20
Iraq as the central front on the war on terror. We may not know the =20
final results of the election for some time, perhaps a matter of a =20
few weeks, but, the Iraqis will have elected their first free =20
representatives. They will be forming their permanent government and =20
will determine for themselves what their future should be, as all =20
democracies do. At the same time, we will see security efforts =20
continue and begin to turn that over to the Iraqis as they become =20
able to provide for their own security and eventually begin to bring =20
our forces home.=94=20=