Madam Speaker, the documents released to the news media this past weekend by WikiLeaks add to the mounting evidence that the war in Afghanistan remains fiscally unsustainable and morally unjustifiable. The New York Times puts it bluntly. They say, ``The documents illustrate why, after the United States has spent almost $300 billion on the war in Afghanistan, the Taliban are stronger than at any time since 2001.''

Madam Speaker, I don't know how we can possibly reach any other conclusion: This war is not worth the huge investment in blood and treasure which the American people have been asked to make for nearly a decade.

WikiLeaks uncovers much that has been missing from the official accounts of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. To give just one important example, they reveal that the Taliban gained access to sophisticated heat-seeking missiles, which they used to kill U.S. and NATO troops.

Afghan security forces do not enjoy any trust or legitimacy in the eyes of Afghan citizens. They are not just incapable, according to specific WikiLeaks reports, they are often brutally cruel and corrupt. Petty bribery; a police chief selling ammunition on the black market; commanders stealing their underlings' salaries--this is just the least of it, Madam Speaker. In one account, a police commander takes advantage of a teenage girl and then shoots his own bodyguard when the bodyguard refuses to open fire on a civilian complaining about the rape. Most shockingly of all, perhaps, is the revelation that the Government of Pakistan, our purported ally, is actively assisting the very militants we are fighting in Afghanistan.

Pakistan is a country that we lavish with foreign aid, one that U.S. officials repeatedly praise as an important partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it appears they're using our money to support our enemy.

We are not just talking about the passive enabling of terrorism. There are reports of Pakistani intelligence officials recruiting and training suicide bombers and helping to plan major Taliban offensives.

Perhaps most galling of all is the collective shrug from many in the foreign policy community about the WikiLeaks reports. We have known about this stuff all along, they say. This is nothing new.

Well, first of all, Madam Speaker, I am willing to bet a good percentage of the American people didn't know that their tax dollars are helping Pakistan fight against our interests.

Second, I think it is important to ask everyone who has responsibility for prosecuting this war: If you knew about these things, what are you doing about them?

As if I needed any more persuasion, the WikiLeaks revelations left me with no other choice earlier this week than to vote against the supplemental, Madam Speaker. How could I, in good conscience, endorse continued financial support for an unwinnable war, one that does violence to our values and is undermining our national security objectives?

There is only one option, Madam Speaker: End this war and bring our troops home.