Political Quotes

“I opposed Mr. Clinton's nuclear testing moratorium last year and his continued ``no testing policy'' concerns me greatly. I say this with extreme concern because as American foreign policy under the Clinton administration continues like a rudderless ship, countries like North Korea simply ignore American ideals and are becoming greater and greater threats to the free world. Does anyone really believe that this sense of the Congress language is going to stop some despot from acquiring nuclear weapons? I don't. Has it stopped countries from testing nuclear weapons? It has not. China saw fit to conduct a test just last Fall and daily we see the belligerence of North Korea in their headlong pursuit of nuclear weapons. Will we stand by while North Korea develops nuclear weapons to threaten South Korea or Japan? What about them selling nuclear weapons and technology to Iran, Libya, Iraq or Syria? Who will ultimately pay the price of North Korea's adventurism? The 36,000 American troops in Korea come to mind first and foremost. A weak national defense did not win the cold war for the United States and disarmament policies are not going to prevent countries from threatening peaceful nations. The Kopetski amendment is ill advised and I urge its defeat.”