Tom Cotton Quotes

I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.

I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam.

We live in a world where terror has become a too familiar part of our vocabulary. The terror of 9/11, in which al-Qaeda's attacks on America launched the nation into three wars - against Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Islamic State.

It's probably time to end the global war on terrorism.

Our actions in the Middle East over the last 15 years have already guaranteed radical Muslims quite enough ammunition to kill Americans for the next century, even if Guantanamo did not exist.

The war on terror is a struggle that will last for generations.

It is not about a war against a country, or a war against a religion but rather about the struggle against terrorist violence. As such I do not exclude the use of repressive police and military measures.

The War on Terror is really a war on Radical Islam.

Those are the two issues: Protecting the homeland and stopping the war and going after ISIS in a way that ends the terrorism.

I think our nation's at war with radical Islam. The primary goal of these groups is to attack our nation. Washington's a prime target.

We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.

The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

The war on terror is a fight that we did not start, but it is one that we shall finish.

According to the FBI and the director of national intelligence, Syria's becoming a perfect platform to strike our nation. I've got a very simple strategy as your president against ISIL. Whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat them.

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.

In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.

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The Middle East conflict has become the locus of the final war between Muslims and the West

We have an unfinished worldwide war against Al Qaida, a war that has to be won in conjunction with friends and allies and that ultimately will be won as much by persuasion as by the use of force. We've got to turn off the Al Qaida recruiting machine.

This War on Terror has no boundaries …. We have to get them wherever they are.

Terrorists are trained in Syria, and weapons come from Iran and Syria, and I believe that's something that should be stopped.