Political Quotes

“I rise in support of lifting the U.S. arms embargo on Bosnia, and I am pleased to be a co-sponsor of the bill introduced by the distinguished minority leader for that purpose. The failure to exempt the new state of Bosnia from the arms embargo earlier imposed on Yugoslavia was a well-intentioned, but tragic mistake. Serbia, whose aggression had prompted the embargo, was in no way inhibited by it. The Serbs already possessed a bulging arsenal inherited from the Yugoslav armed forces, as well as the lion's share of arms manufacturing facilities in ex-Yugoslavia. Bosnia, on the other hand, was virtually without arms. The embargo condemned its people to confront Serbian tanks and heavy artillery with little more than small arms and infantry. An unequal embargo, made worse by unequal enforcement, has served not to prevent Serbian aggression but to favor it.”