Congressman Tom Cotton Reflects on Anniversary of Iraq War
By: Staff
Updated: March 17, 2013
Arkansas Congressman Tom Cotton and Army Veteran appeared on CNN's
"State of the Union" with Candy Crowley Sunday morning to reflect on the
ten year anniversary of the Iraq War.
"The Iraq war was a just a noble war. I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started, I joined in part because I wanted to fight on the front lines. I served there in 2006. Before the surge started frankly after I left Iraq toward the end of 2006 I was worried we were losing the war but after the surge i felt that we succeeded and we have a generation of veterans now who are going to be leaders all around the country, the same way the World War II generation was, the same way the Wietnam generation was, John McCain and the U.S. Senate, Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, my father who is a leader in our small town. I think you'll see a generation of leaders coming across the country. I'm a veteran, Tulsi is a veteran. I met last week with a friend and we have accomplishments in Iraqs we should celebrate and accomplishments over the next several decades we'll make it a better place."
"The Iraq war was a just a noble war. I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started, I joined in part because I wanted to fight on the front lines. I served there in 2006. Before the surge started frankly after I left Iraq toward the end of 2006 I was worried we were losing the war but after the surge i felt that we succeeded and we have a generation of veterans now who are going to be leaders all around the country, the same way the World War II generation was, the same way the Wietnam generation was, John McCain and the U.S. Senate, Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, my father who is a leader in our small town. I think you'll see a generation of leaders coming across the country. I'm a veteran, Tulsi is a veteran. I met last week with a friend and we have accomplishments in Iraqs we should celebrate and accomplishments over the next several decades we'll make it a better place."
