There’s been a lot of disappointments with the Iraqi army, no doubt about that. Some units have performed well, especially their special operations units. But a lot of their units have not. – Tom Cotton
What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and that Iran and Russia cannot be granted a sphere of influence in Syria, and that we will not sit down at the negotiating table to help broker Assad’s victory in this fight. – Tom Cotton
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. – Tom Cotton
The use of encrypted communication and data storage to shield terrorist coordination from intelligence and law-enforcement authorities is known as ‘going dark.’ – Tom Cotton
Hillary Clinton exposed our nation’s most sensitive national security secrets to foreign adversaries. – Tom Cotton
When he was running, my thinking was, ‘I can’t believe my governor is running for president.’ By the end of Clinton’s first year in office, I was like, ‘Wow, I must not be a Democrat.’ – Tom Cotton
We need to force Iran to dismantle its nuclear program entirely or face the threat of military force to destroy that program. – Tom Cotton
I’m not going to respond to every single thing that Donald Trump has to say or that Hillary Clinton says. – Tom Cotton
Jimmy Carter proposed withdrawing the troops from South Korea. He was stopped by the United States Congress. – Tom Cotton
We should have imposed new sanctions in 2013 and maintained the strength of our negotiating position, which is what brought Iran to the table in the first place. – Tom Cotton
I’ve said all along: I’ll support the nominee, because we can’t afford another term of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy or, for that matter, economic policy at home. – Tom Cotton
I learned one of the very important lessons in life in the 9/11 attacks. It’s good to have a plan for your future; it’s even better to write your plan in pencil. – Tom Cotton
We should triple the amount we spend on defense and quadruple what we spend on prisons. Why do we pay for food stamps? Welfare? Medicare? They don’t keep us safe. If anything, they nurture the most dangerous elements of society. – Tom Cotton
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. – Tom Cotton
The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It’s simply impossible. – Tom Cotton
I think that Americans – and this is not true just now, but over the years – are not fundamentally opposed to war. They’re fundamentally opposed to losing wars. – Tom Cotton
It’s humiliating for Barack Obama and, therefore, the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union. – Tom Cotton
My thesis was a defense of our Constitution on the terms that the founding fathers wrote specifically in the Federalist Papers. They hoped that our form of government would draw forward men and women who are the wisest, most prudent, and most experienced. – Tom Cotton
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. – Tom Cotton
Islamic terrorists do not need an excuse to attack the United States. To attack us is what they do; they attack us for what we are. – Tom Cotton
Are we fighting too many wars? And I would say no. We’re fighting one war. And it’s a war against radical Islamic Jihad. – Tom Cotton