Liz Saville Roberts: “the American people should realize and understand that in his press conference just 2 days ago, President Clinton talked…”

“the American people should realize and understand that in his press conference just 2 days ago, President Clinton talked about the justification for United States-led airstrikes against Serbian troops in Kosovo and that today we are apparently within hours--within hours--of going to war. He acknowledged that our U.S. pilots would be put at risk. And last week, the Pentagon's top military commanders also warned those of us on the Senate Armed Services Committee that there could be U.S. casualties if NATO launches airstrikes in an effort to pressure President Milosevic to accept the peace agreement that has been drafted by the U.S. and its allies and apparently signed by the Kosovar Albanians. General Michael Ryan, the Air Force Chief of Staff, said this: There is a distinct possibility we will lose aircraft in trying to penetrate those defenses. Our Marine Corps Commandant Charles Krulak said: It is going to be tremendously dangerous. Serbian air defenses are mobile, the terrain is very tough and the weather cannot be underestimated. General Krulak also said there were some bottom-line questions that still need to be answered: What is the end game? What happens if the Serbs do not come to the table after the first airstrike? How long will the strikes go on? Will our allies stay with us? General Dennis Reimer, the Army Chief of Staff, also discussed the probability--and I emphasize the word ``probability''--of sending 4,000 U.S.…”