Quotes from Tom Cotton

By the time the 2008 election arrived, we had finally won the Iraq War, or we were on the road to winning it. We won starting in the summer of 2007 going into late 2011.

If we had maintained a small, residual force in Iraq, I don't think the Islamic State would have risen to power as it has.

The Islamic Revolution of Iran has been killing Americans, hundreds of Americans, for 35 years in Iraq and Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started. I joined in part because I wanted to go fight on the front lines.

Some people say I'm a young man in a hurry. Well, guess what: they're right.

Terrorists need no excuse to attack us here. They've shown that for decades and decades. We should be proud for the way we treated these savages at Guantanamo Bay and the way our soldiers conduct themselves all around the world to include the people doing the very hard work at Guantanamo Bay.

If Iran wants their money back and wants to be treated like a normal nation, they need to act like a normal nation.

Feminists say no-fault divorce was a large hurdle on the path to female liberation. They apparently don't consult the deepest hopes or greatest fears of young women.

Jimmy Carter proposed withdrawing the troops from South Korea. He was stopped by the United States Congress.

Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests.

Donald Trump may occasionally say things that are controversial or even objectionable to some, but those are words.

Donald Trump can ultimately make the case for himself.

I'm not going to respond to every single thing that Donald Trump has to say or that Hillary Clinton says.

The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible.

Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion.

The Middle East and South Asia have a lot less in common with America than 18-year-old kids in Boston have with 18-year-old kids in Arkansas.

Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran.

The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote.

Hillary Clinton exposed our nation's most sensitive national security secrets to foreign adversaries.

I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced.

Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously.

The Iranian people, if you look at their demographics and their level of education, could be a strong source for stability in the Middle East. The problem is they're run by an apocalyptic cult of ayatollahs.

In our globalized world, our domestic prosperity depends heavily on the world economy, which, of course, requires stability and order. Who provides that stability and order? The U.S. military.

I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups.