Political Quotes

“I believe that the Bosnian people have a fundamental right to defend themselves and that the current arms embargo deprives them of the right. I voted earlier this year with 86 of my colleagues to urge the President to lift the Bosnian arms embargo. The arms embargo is a failed policy, with terrible consequences for both Bosnia and the United States. For the Bosnians, the embargo means that their army remains outgunned, their land overrun, and their people murdered. For the United States and its allies, continuation of the embargo makes us tacit collaborators in maintaining the Serbian military advantage, which if left unchallenged, will lead to additional deaths, and the eventual destruction of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. If at all possible, the arms embargo should be terminated where it originated--in the U.N. Security Council. The amendment by the majority leader requires the administration to propose or support a resolution in the Security Council to repeal the embargo.”