Attorney, im not talking as a politician. Im talking about being a human being whos been on the front lines. Ive been to sinjar mountain. Ive met the girls that have been kidnapped and raped by isis. And im telling you that we need to give them seeds of hope. Seeds of hope to know that they can live and thrive in their home. Im here because i promised these people, my friends across the world, that i would be their voices today. Hear their narratives. Im here today because of a woman i met. She was in mosul in home at night and out of nowhere, isis came in and said you have two choices. You either convert to islam, or you pay the gizziah. She gave them the money and said give me one minute because my daughter is in the bathroom taking a shower, im just going to get her out. They said, you dont have one second. They took a torch, they lit the house, starting from the bathroom where she was taking a shower. She picked up her daughter rita, and she thought she could take her to the hospit
Sunni, become head of the country, all the minorities will be slaughtered. So long as there is zerosum game in the middle east, the sum will always be zero. And i often say in game theory theres also whats referred tos two as a variable sum game saying there can be many , winners. Whatever we do there, however much humanitarian aid we provide there, however much military support we provide in the middle east, internally, the leadership that we get behind, the United States, the leadership that we support, have to embrace, they have an obligation to embrace the Minority Community because well be sitting here five years from now, ten years from now, 20 years from now, well be having the same discussion with no progress whatsoever. Again, thank you very much for your testimony. Ill yield back. Rep. Royce go now to mr. Chris smith of new jersey. Christopher h. Smith thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Thank you for calling this very, very important hearing and our distinguished witnesses fo
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