Jeff Duncan: “last night on the CNN national news the anchor woman said that Congress did not question the costs of the Kosovo-Serbia…”

“last night on the CNN national news the anchor woman said that Congress did not question the costs of the Kosovo-Serbia bombings, implying total support. That very morning, however, the Congressional Quarterly had a headline that said, ``Congress Eyes Cost of U.S. Role in Kosovo.'' There probably is no question that this money will be approved. However, it is simply wrong to imply that no Members of Congress question these costs. We are now being told that we will soon be asked to approve $4 billion for the costs of our air war. One estimate is that ground troops and reconstruction costs could soon total $10 billion. This is money that will have to be taken from other programs and from American taxpayers, and if we have to stay in there to preserve the peace for many years to come, the costs could just become unbelievable. Many Members of Congress feel it was a horrible mistake to get into this mess in the first place and that our bombings have made a bad situation many times worse than if we had simply offered humanitarian aid. CNN and much of our liberal national media may want a much bigger role. The American people want out of there, the sooner the better.”