Charles Skelton: “I bring this issue to the floor of this House because it involves the potential problem of American military forces…”

“I bring this issue to the floor of this House because it involves the potential problem of American military forces being where Americans do not want them to be. This amendment which I offered states that none of the funds provided in this act may be obligated or expended for the provision by the United States of military training for military forces of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But I do know that the lifting of the embargo would allow the Bosnia and Herzegovina Government to purchase arms and undoubtedly purchase many of them from us. They are not artillery oriented. They are infantry strong. The Bosnian Serbs are artillery strong, and these weapons that the Moslem Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina would purchase obviously would require people to train them and teach them how to use them. The question is who would that be? If they buy arms from us, undoubtedly it would be members of our military force, and this is what concerns me.”