i gave the same speeches that neville chamberlain was giving when hitler went through europe. we had a meeting with secretary rums felled a couple months ago. he said on the morning of 9/11 he had some of the members of our armed services committee for breakfast, and he said i told them, because we had just gone down the clinton-bush drawdown for discipline, which ever. he told those members at that time something bad is going to happen. i can't tell you when, where, what, my study of history shows me something bad is going to happen. well a couple hours later, they hit the towers. we should know what's happening in iran right now, china, korea, the whole spring over there with egypt and libya and tunisia. those things were not on our radar scope a couple years ago, and boom, they happen overnight. if we keep drawing down and cutting back our military we will ask them to do more with less. we just had admiral willard in this morning, the commander to talk about the pacific. well, you know, we're going to put more emphasis on asia and the pacific but we are not giving him anyth

what the knew, what a lot of other people felt the same way, neville chamberlain felt the same way, the soviet system is worse than the natzi system. this its 1937. and then when it happened, that begins to open eyes. when -- then of course when the agreement happens and then six months later hitler violates and it by that time george was in prague and followed the german troops coming in and was the highest ranking official there. he quickly becomes very clear that the nazi danger is greater than the soviet danger and he was totally uncompromising in his views on that, and through the outbreak of war, pearl harbor, the german declaration of war and his own internment for five months in germany before he was let go. on the issue of antisemitism, the other thing that bears consideration here is what you suggested, the cul that was the default. the standard for the culture. so i think it's a little bit irresponsible for historians -- although they frequently do this -- to pull something from 50 years earlier, pounce on it, exhibit it in a zoo and say, isn't this awful? when in fact it wou

course he did and compared to that, what he knew and a lot of other people felt the same way, neville chamberlain felt the same way. he said it's like 1937 and then when kristallnacht happens, that begins to open the eyes. when auschwitz happens that begins to open eyes and then of course six months later hitler violated and george was in prague and saw the german troops come in and was the highest-ranking official there. he quickly becomes very clear that the nazi danger is greater than the soviet danger and he was totally uncompromising in his views on that and in his reporting about that. although the german declaration of war and his own interment for five months in germany. on the issue of anti-semitism, the other thing that bears consideration is what you suggest is the culture of the times. if you had walked around the city of washington, if you had walked around my university, yale, if you had talked to educated people and enlighten people you would have found them saying things about the jewish and about women's and about blacks in today's context which is dreadful. that was the default,

. >> guest: compared to that, what he knew, what a lot of other people felt the same way, neville chamberlain felt the same way, so the system was much worse than the nazi system, this was like 1930, and then when that happens it begins to open items and then of course when the munich agreement had been six months later it violates and by that time george was in prague and followed the german troops coming in and was the highest ranking official. he quickly becomes very clear that the nazi danger is even than the soviet danger and he was uncompromising in his views on that and and it in his reporting on that although through the outbreak of the war and pearl harbor and his own internal and for five months in germany before he was let go. on the issue of anti-semitism, the other thing that bares consideration here is what he suggested, the culture in the times. if you had walked around the city in washington, if you had walked around my university and yale, if you had talked to educated people, enlightened people, you would have found them saying things about jews bill also about women and bla

i swear, beginning to sound like neville chamberlain. >> don't patronize me, you save that for your speechest that you can appease islamic fascists who are as nuts as hitler? want to know what i see, mr. president? i see a world or where in about 25 years america's reserves are gone. done. demand is up 30, 40%, and we have two oceans blocking us from the world reserves. you think we're going to have allies then? we're at 5% of the world's population. we use 25 president of its -- 25% of its energy. do you think russia and china are going to help us out when they need those resources themselves? 80 president -- 80% of the world's energy reserves are right here in eurasia where the prize ultimately lies; oil, gas, water. iraq alone, 10% of the world's reserves. 60 of 80 oil fields -- >> and another 100 billion gallons in the western desert. they're floating in a sea of oil. >> we have bases in 120 countries all over the world. we include iraq, look what happens. >> we are at the fertile choke point of civilization. the tie depress euphrates, we drain the swamp like don says, we rebuild it. we

we have had a president who will make neville chamberlain look like an aggressive confront her of people. -- aggressive confront her of evil. he had an opportunity to join the green revolution in 2009 to overthrow the radical theocracy that is killing our troops and was killing our troops. he was building a nuclear weapon and threatening our ally israel, and the president said, no. let's negotiate. then we see recently the prime minister of israel coming to the united states and speaking in washington, d.c. the day before president obama says, i have your back. the prime minister stood up and said, time is running out. we have been patient with the games your plane. we cannot allow nuclear iran that is threatening to wipe out not just israel but all jewish people. we have been down this road before. we will not let this happen again. [cheers and applause] i spoke from the same podium the next day and said, president obama does not have his back. he has turned his back on israel. that very day, the president announced it would begin negotiations with iran. this is what is the big deal. se

just 30 days before the outbreak of world war ii, neville chamberlain recessed parliament to go on extended holiday. let that not be how history remembers this congress. this budget's not perfect, but it is adequate to spare our country from the convulsions of greece. i wholeheartedly support this budget for that reason and i expect it will have the overwhelming support of this house. i can only hope that the senate this time will put aside its own differences and heed lincoln's plea that the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy president, the occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. we must disenthrall ourselves and then we will save our country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. often here on capitol hill issues large and small get sort of lost in the fog. but it was a pleasure last week 78 -- to watch some moments of clarity as hundreds of bicycle advocates flooded capitol hill deliveri

anxiety-creating, and that is the potential for [inaudible] we have a president who will make neville chamberlain look like a aggressive confronting of the evil. when it comes to iran, no one has appeased more than this president. he has fought and kicked and screamed about imposing even the most minor of sanctions. he had an opportunity to join the green revolution in 2009 to overthrow the radical theocracy that is killing our troops and was killing our troops and is building a nuclear weapon and threatening our ally, israel, and the president said, "no, let's negotiate with ahmadinejad." then, we see just recently the prime minister of england -- excuse me, the prime minister of israel coming to the united states, speaking in washington, d.c. the day before, president obama says, "i've got your back." prime minister netanyahu stood up and said, "time is running out. we have been patient, mr. president, with all the games you have been playing, but time is running out. we cannot as the state of israel allowed a nuclear iran that has repeatedly threatened to wipe out not just israel, but all jewi