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Dana Rohrabacher: today the free world is witnessing tanks roll into Gorazde. This would not really be such a shame if you don't know what…

On the recordApril 19, 1994
today the free world is witnessing tanks roll into Gorazde. This would not really be such a shame if you don't know what is going on. What is really happening here is, we have not seen like aggression taking place, and under U.S. leadership. The West has an arms embargo against the people of Gorazde, and this arms embargo prevents them from defending themselves against tanks and heavy artillery. We are treating the victims the same as the murderers. The arms embargo affects not only the Serbians but the people who are being attacked. President Clinton has known of this embargo since the day he became President of the United States. The free world's response to 100,000 Bosnian Moslems being slaughtered by heavily armed Serbians has been economic sanctions and an embargo against both sides. Then, of course, a few days ago we dropped a few dud bombs on a Serbian tent. Of course, the Serbians continued their murderous assault on their neighbors. That is something that should turn the stomachs of every red-blooded American. The world should know now, because the word is out, that America may be suggesting to the Serbs that if they just withdraw from Gorazde after they have stamped the United Nations line into the dirt, if they just withdraw, perhaps some of the economic sanctions will be eased. Teddy Roosevelt said that the worst sin is to try to hit someone softly.…
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Addressing the situation in Gorazde and the impact of the arms embargo during a floor speech.

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