Again, we saw in Bosnia – we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don’t have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done. Peter T. King Read Quote
Ted Cruz may be an intelligent person, but he doesn’t carry out an intelligent debate. He oversimplifies, he exaggerates, and he basically led the Republican Party over the cliff in the fall of 2013. He has shown no qualifications, no legislation being passed, doesn’t provide leadership, and he has no real experience. Peter T. King Read Quote
In the real world in which we live, it’s a dangerous world. And you know the old saying is that we have to be right 100 percent of the time; the terrorists only have to be right once. Peter T. King Read Quote
I’m saying this as a Republican: In the White House, the effort that goes in and wherever these decisions are made, as to limit civilian casualties, is more probably than any in the history of the world, especially when you consider the history of warfare. Peter T. King Read Quote
The department was set up primarily to protect us from another terrorist attack from Islamic terrorists, and yet they talk about everything but that. Peter T. King Read Quote
George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakers praised John Kerry’s war record. No one said he was unfit. They said he has terrible judgment, and that’s his record as a senator. Nobody questioned his military record. Peter T. King Read Quote
As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us. Peter T. King Read Quote
I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is good for the country. But the symbolism of it at ground zero, within two blocks or three blocks, I believe is wrong. Peter T. King Read Quote
I don’t know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them. Peter T. King Read Quote
If you ask me what I think about going to work every day, it’s 9/11 and preventing another 9/11. There were too many people I knew. Peter T. King Read Quote
