Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Alaska. He is absolutely correct. What he has said, as I translate it, is this amendment does not mean anything in the legislative sense. But I promise you, I promise you, if this amendment passes today, it will mean something to the Republika Srpska; it will mean something in Mostar; it will mean something in Belgrade; it will mean something in the Balkans; it will mean something in Paris; it will mean something in Moscow. It will mean something where it matters, and what matters is what the rest of the world believes our resolve is. We sometimes do not focus closely enough, and I acknowledge I do not, as well. But we have a situation in Croatia right now where the President of Croatia is very ill. To call him a very strong man is putting it mildly, and it connotes everything that goes along with strongman, a guy who is no box of chocolates. There is already a battle for succession going on in Croatia between the nationalists, those who to this day wish to see the partition of Bosnia, and those who are democrats, who want to become part of the West. If we announce now that the U.S. Senate want American troops out of there, either this September or next June, we give succor to those in Croatia who will argue the following: ``With the United States gone, no peace can hold, partition is the answer, and we are going to get our piece.'' The same is taking place in Belgrade. Milosevic is a war criminal. He is a thug.”