Political Quotes

“I hope that the Members with the many pursuits and the many requests on their time are taking the time to listen to this debate. Because I think it is one that has extremely far-reaching consequences. I have never been to Yugoslavia, nor have I been Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But as a member of the Committee on Armed Services, I have had the opportunity to hear a former commander of U.N. troops in Yugoslavia and to visit personally with a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of our Nation. A little over a year ago, a General MacKenzie, a Canadian in charge of NATO forces in Yugoslavia, came before the Committee on Armed Services and summed up his remarks by saying, ``Ladies and gentlemen, you have three serial killers. One has killed 15, one has killed 10, and one has killed 5, and I do not buy the argument that we need to rush in and save the one who has killed 5.'' That is a quote from General MacKenzie before the Committee on Armed Services.”