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Bob Dole: I point out that Iraq is an enemy, and Korea is a potentially enemy. Bosnia is our friend. Whatever the Greeks and Turks…

On the recordMay 12, 1994
I point out that Iraq is an enemy, and Korea is a potentially enemy. Bosnia is our friend. Whatever the Greeks and Turks may say, they get hundreds of millions of dollars in United States foreign aid. I do not think they would be too happy to give that up if they wanted to have a unilateral lifting of some embargo. I am not concerned about that. I am not so concerned about that. But again I just say, in the 20 seconds I have left, that I think the majority leader agrees--we are in agreement, basically. We are not talking about committing troops or getting involved. We can talk about that ``what if'' questions. But what if another 100,000 Bosnians are slaughtered while we talk about this and think about it, when all they want us to do is to lift the arms embargo--no American troops, no air strikes--nothing, nothing, nothing, but lifting the arms embargo.
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Bob Dole
Kansas

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Discussing U.S. foreign policy regarding Bosnia and the arms embargo during a Senate floor debate.

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