Senator Byrd Makes a Speech
We carry our past with us. There's no doubt about that and no escape. But we are more what we say and do today and yesterday and last week than what we did forty years ago.
On February 12th, Senator Robert Byrd said:
Calling heads of state pygmies, labeling whole countries as evil, denigrating powerful European allies as irrelevant -- these types of crude insensitivities can do our great nation no good. We may have massive military might, but we cannot fight a global war on terrorism alone. We need the cooperation and friendship of our time-honored allies as well as the newer-found friends whom we can attract with our wealth. Our awesome military machine will do us little good if we suffer another devastating attack on our homeland that would severely damage our economy. Our military manpower is already stretched thin and we will need the augmenting support of those nations who can supply troop strength, not just sign letters cheering us on.
He said plenty of other good things, too. I'd recommend reading the full text
As Michael Douglas's character says in The American President:
We have serious problems to solve and we need serious people to solve them.
Grown-ups would also be welcome.
...via TalkLeft