Bob Dole: “But I know of no area that deserves more consideration by this body than Bosnia. So what we are attempting to do in a…”

“But I know of no area that deserves more consideration by this body than Bosnia. So what we are attempting to do in a bipartisan way--we have more than 30 cosponsors, myself and Senator Lieberman, so it is bipartisan, a number of Democrats, a number of Republicans--all we are attempting to do with our amendment is to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia on a unilateral basis. And I might say at the outset, we prefer that it be lifted by our allies at the same time. But if they are not persuaded, then I think America should take the high moral ground so the world may know that at least the United States, if we do nothing else, we are not going to prevent people from defending themselves. That is essentially what we are doing now. We are telling the Bosnians, you cannot defend yourselves; you cannot have defensive weapons; you cannot have antitank weapons. They are now fighting tanks with rifles.”