I have spoken to those young pilots at the Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia and at our offices in Kuwait and even in London. Many of our own pilots who flew those missions day in and day out did not reenlist. They just got tired of the stress of flying over the no-fly zone and being shot at daily by missiles that are capable of downing their aircraft. Thank God we have some of the systems to defend against those missiles, but the U.N. has absolutely had blinders on. They have not even seen that. Both British and American pilots are shot at daily by this person. Why? Because they are flying over no-fly zones. They have every right under international law to be there because Saddam Hussein agreed they could be there.
Haley Stevens: “I have spoken to those young pilots at the Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia and at our offices in Kuwait and even…”
On the recordOctober 7, 2002
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Discussing the challenges faced by pilots in no-fly zones during a speech on military operations.
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