Political Quotes

“I was in Kosovo 2 weeks ago. It was my second trip there since 1995. I rise in support of the resolution. I will stipulate the administration has not done a good job on educating and conferring with the Congress, nor has it done a good job of telling the American people what the mission is. However, if there is an agreement in France, I support the deployment of American troops because I believe without U.S. participation it will not work. I spoke to one person over there. I said, 'How many American soldiers do you need?' He said, 'At least one, and he has to be out in front because without America's involvement it will not take place.' Two hundred thousand people died in Bosnia. Were it not for the Sarajevo market slaughter, we would not have gotten involved then, and since our participation nobody has died and it is working. This is the 50th anniversary of NATO. NATO leaders from all the world will come here to celebrate the working of NATO, and how can they celebrate the working of NATO if NATO forces go into Kosovo if there is an agreement and the Americans do not participate in it? George Will wrote in Newsweek where he said: If NATO cannot stop massacres in the center of Europe, it cannot long continue as an instrument of collective security against Wye.”