Jim Bunning: “I rise in opposition to Senate Joint Resolution 20 for a number of reasons, and in favor of tabling. First of all, we…”

“I rise in opposition to Senate Joint Resolution 20 for a number of reasons, and in favor of tabling. First of all, we have no national security interest to intervene in this civil war. I have not heard one compelling reason from President Clinton, the Pentagon, the Secretary of State, my colleagues, or anyone else as to why America needs to send her troops halfway around the globe and into the middle of another nation's civil war. I am dismayed to see on television every night the images of refugees fleeing their destroyed homes and villages, and everybody should be disheartened by this horrific tragedy. But if there should be any immediate intervention into this civil war, let it come directly from those European neighbors where this tragedy is occurring. This is happening in Europe's backyard, and it has been happening there for century upon century. We need to force Europe to deal with this and let them take the lead.”