Chris Smith: “for the last year and a half one foreign affairs crisis after another has burst onto the world stage, and this…”

“for the last year and a half one foreign affairs crisis after another has burst onto the world stage, and this administration always seems to be unprepared, indecisive, and sadly lacking principle. This morning I want to highlight but one example of how Mr. Clinton's foreign policy is in disarray. Mr. Clinton arrived in Washington 16 months ago, and his penchant for obfuscation and indecision is causing people around the globe to question and to lose faith in the ability of the United States to stand firm for what is right, for what is honorable and true, to fight even for our own national interests and to base decisions on a consistent human rights agenda. United States relations with China is but one example. Mr. Clinton has failed, in my view, to even hold to his own words regarding respect for human rights. The White House has become a Tower of Babel, and as we look back over the past year, we saw many voices speaking, sometimes pro-human rights linkage, sometimes against it. At other times they only emphasized certain human rights, diminishing the others. When you take it all together, the White House has been a virtual Tower of Babel speaking with so many tongues.”