Don Nickles: “I happen to concur with a lot of the statements that some of the proponents have made on this resolution. I just…”

“I happen to concur with a lot of the statements that some of the proponents have made on this resolution. I just disagree with its conclusion. I think it is going to be interpreted, this resolution, as a blank check for the President to do whatever is necessary to win in Kosovo, whatever that means. 'If you win, you are going to own Kosovo.' Are you going to occupy Kosovo? Maybe Kosovo is second prize; first prize will be Serbia. And then we get to run Serbia. I do not think we want to do that. I think it would be a mistake. I stated on the floor, prior to the bombing resolution, that I thought it was a mistake. And I think it really kind of resulted as a failure in diplomatic effort. As a matter of fact, I think the diplomatic mission in this area has been a disaster. Unfortunately, it has resulted in a humanitarian disaster.”