Todd Tiahrt Quotes

So to recap: we may or may not be going to war with Iraq because Saddam may or may not have weapons of mass destruction, which he may or may not use, or pass to other terrorists groups with whom he may or may not have links.

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

If NATO troops will come with ground forces, I will be the first volunteer in the Yugoslav army to defend my country, my family, my children.

Russia has the right to deliver preventive strikes against bases of bandits, wherever they are located, including the territory of Chechnya.

By invading Iraq, the President has undermined the War on Terrorism.

… the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.

You can't hold the armed forces responsible for being firm with terrorists. We need to be firm with terrorists.

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.

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.

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

It is all too evident that our nation, and the governments of other countries, require all the help they can get in order to fight the War on Terrorism against people who have no qualms about taking the lives of innocent men, women, and children.

I am prepared to vote in support of a new military authorization that specifically authorizes U.S. military actions against ISIS. We must stand up against this vile enemy and protect United States citizens both at home and abroad.

This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time.

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

Russia doesn't negotiate with terrorists. It destroys them…. These are cruel people, beasts in human disguise.

We told the Taliban in no uncertain terms that if this happened, it’s their ass. No difference between the Taliban and al Qaeda now. They both go down.

Israel can either shoot or shout, but it is politically impossible to be silent about terrorism

Are we in a state of war against terrorism, or does that require a declaration in order for us to fight.

A rational fear of an imminent danger is said to be a justifiable cause of war.

If the United States were attacked by rockets from one of our neighboring countries, we would be a lot tougher on them than Israel has been on the Palestinians. When we were attacked, we sent an army abroad and took over Afghanistan from the Taliban.

It is a mortal sin for a Catholic to become or remain a member of an organization or society, which arrogates to itself the right to bear arms or to use them against another state.

If this phrase of “the balance of power” is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting …

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