No Need For Flip-Flopping in the War on Terror

NO NEED FOR FLIP-FLOPPING IN THE WAR ON TERROR

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the sound you hear on the other side of the aisle is the sound of flip-flopping. Democrats may have put off announcing their agenda, but they have managed to perfect the art of the flip-flop.

Just this week the minority leader stated that she voted against the war in Iraq because she had seen the intelligence and it did not support the threat being claimed by the Bush administration.

Strangely, the minority leader had a different opinion during the debate leading up to the vote authorizing the use of military force. Then she said that she was aware that Saddam Hussein was engaging in the development of weapons of mass destruction ``which is a threat to countries in the region,'' and that there was no question he had chemical and biological weapons.

Flash forward to this week, and the minority leader stated that there was never anything in the intelligence that Iraq posed an imminent threat. Mr. Speaker, which is it? As we begin this debate on Iraq and the war on terror, the American people need decisiveness, not flip-flopping. Republicans want to step up and meet the challenge. It is now time for the Democrats to do the same.

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