This is the fifth year of this war. As a matter of fact, next Tuesday is the anniversary of President Bush standing up on an aircraft carrier, playing dress-up with his flight suit, which he never wore in combat, trying to be the war hero he never was, and saying major combat over, mission accomplished. And later on he said, “Bring ’em on.” Well, they came on, surprise, surprise. Have killed over 3,300 young Americans and wounded over 30,000, and over half a million Iraqis have died.
I don’t want that kind of patience. It’s five years into this thing now. It’s time to end it, and it’s time to move on and worry about al Qaeda. That’s the real threat to this country.
Max Cleland on CNN