King
INTRODUCES
IRAQ
RESOLUTION
TO
SUPPORT
TROOPS
WASHINGTON
-
U.S.
Congressman
Steve
King
(IA-05)
today
addressed
the
U.S.
House,
calling
upon
his
colleagues
to
put
their
support
behind
our
troops
and
their
mission
in
battle
and
vote
against
the
Democrat-introduced
resolution
meant
to
take
the
first
steps
toward
cutting
funding
for
the
troops.
Following
are
excerpts
of
his
speech:
"We're
in a
war.
von
Clausewitz
wrote
that
the
object
of
war
is
to
destroy
the
enemy's
will
and
ability
to
conduct
war.
That
means
take
away
their
munitions,
take
care
of
their
armies,
destroy
them
if
you
can.
But
end
the
end,
whatever
you
might
do,
does
it
break
their
will?
You
have
to
destroy
their
will.
There's
nothing
going
on
[Democrat]
side
of
the
aisle
that
is
diminishing
the
will
of
our
enemy.
I
will
tell
you
that
they
will
interpret
it
as
encouraging
the
will
of
the
enemy."
"Here
on
the
floor
of
this
Congress,
when
we
had
Nouri
al
Malki,
the
Prime
Minister
of
Iraq,
speaking
from
the
very
podium
behind
me,
July
26,
2006,
a
short
half-year
ago,
he
said,
'the
fate
of
our
country
and
yours
is
tied,
should
Democracy
be
allowed
to
fail
in
Iraq,
and
terror
permitted
to
triumph,
then
the
War
on
Terror
will
never
be
won
elsewhere.'"
Last
week
King
introduced
his
own
resolution
as
an
alternative
to
measures
that
would
prematurely
withdraw
American
troops
from
Iraq
or
take
steps
toward
cutting
funding
from
the
troops.
The
resolution
pledges
Congressional
support
for
the
troops,
victory
in
Iraq
and
the
global
War
on
Terror.
