Eliot Engel: “Mr. Chairman, it is said that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. For the past 2 years, we have been fiddling while the…”

“Mr. Chairman, it is said that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. For the past 2 years, we have been fiddling while the people of Bosnia have burned. I do not want to know about diplomatic niceties. I know 2 years ago we should have been doing what I hope we are about to do now. I went to Skopje. I met with these people. They told us atrocities that you just cannot believe. If this were 2 years ago, perhaps there would be time for diplomatic niceties. But there is not time anymore. If we will not help them, if we will not defend the people of Bosnia, let us let them defend themselves. Vote to lift the arms embargo.”