Amory Houghton: “I am tempted to go through the philosophies and the history and the risks and the costs that are involved here. But to…”

“I am tempted to go through the philosophies and the history and the risks and the costs that are involved here. But to me, and it may be a reflection on my own position, to me, it is a very simple issue that we are in a situation now where decisions have to be made. We can be doubtful and unclear and opinionated about some of the things, whether it is the reigniting of anarchy in Albania or destabilizing Macedonia, but that is not the point. The point is this is a horrible time I think to have this debate. If we are going to have peace, we must have successful negotiations. We are right in the middle of negotiations now. If we vote down this resolution, the negotiations have no merit because there is no incentive for the people to continue the negotiations. If we vote for this resolution, we can continue the negotiations. It is a nonbinding resolution. If we want to, we can take up the issue whether we should have troops in Bosnia or not. So, therefore, it is a very clear issue. Do we want to continue the negotiations? Do we not want to continue the negotiations? I am for continuing, and I am for this resolution.”