On the recordMarch 22, 1994
a crisis potentially of enormous proportions is taking place on the Korean Peninsula, indeed with the potential to be the most serious military confrontation of our time. The consequences are enormous. North Korea, defying international law and all logic, is proceeding with the possibility of the development of nuclear weapons, and prohibiting proper inspections. It needs to be understood that the audience in this crisis is larger than those in Seoul, Washington, Tokoyo, or Beijing. Regimes from Iran and Iraq, from South America to South Asia, will be watching. If international law can be defied, if the United Nations can be ignored, if American will can be broken, the entire international system of controlling nuclear weapons and of inspections will be broken. Mr. Speaker, I urge the administration to stand firm, to stand steady. Do not allow this moment to pass to keep the order in maintaining inspections.
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