[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 202 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H10513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT

  (Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, too many of our leaders today 
seem to want to be modern-day Winston Churchills and think of 
themselves as great war leaders. They are far too eager to go to war 
and far too willing to stay in a war after it has started. But the 
American people do not want permanent, forever wars, and especially do 
not need such wars.
  I salute President Trump's decision to bring our troops home from 
Syria. With a $21 trillion national debt, we simply cannot afford to be 
the policeman of the world.
  Our very unnecessary wars in the Middle East have now cost us several 
trillion dollars that we have had to borrow and have resulted in the 
deaths or horrible injuries to thousands of young Americans and many 
more thousands of innocent women and children. They have created more 
enemies for our country around the world.
  The Bible tells us in both the Old Testament and New to ``seek peace 
and pursue it.''

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