Political Quotes

“I hope that we will listen to the advice of our military leadership and never, ever commit American ground troops to be involved unilaterally or as a part of a United Nations effort to restore order there until and unless there is a cease-fire that looks like it has a chance to hold. I will simply say to the President and our other decisionmakers that I hope we will be very careful and very cautious as to what we do and not do. Naturally, with the recent atrocities that happened there--the killing of civilians--there is a tendency to move and move now. I will simply sum up my position by saying that we should not get further involved there unless and until we think through what the ultimate situation might be. I think it might best be summed up, in my mind at least: Do not go without a workable goal. Let me repeat that: Do not go without a workable goal. The superpower of the United States of America cannot and should not be involved as the ultimate policeman of the world.”