Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I find myself betwixt and between two very, very good Members of this committee, two excellent Members of Congress. If I listen to both of the Members, I find them saying almost the same thing. They are both saying we do not want a standing U.N. army, and I agree with that. The difference I see is in the point that the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) makes, which is why, when there will be a joint operation, when there will be a joint operation, do we prohibit the very best from participating? Last October I had lunch with the head of the British forces, the head of the French forces, the head of the Italian forces over in Bosnia, very proud people who spent their whole lives getting to the top of their profession. It must have been very difficult for them to say what they said, but what they said was that they could not do it without the Americans; that when they went in without the Americans, their peacekeepers were chained to the lightpost, and people were raped and murdered and tortured in front of them, to show them how helpless they were. All that changed when the American troops came in.”