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           BY THE WAY, THAT IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING IN
           OUR NUCLEAR ARSENAL IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE CHINESE. WHAT
           I'D LIKE TO DO IS COVER THIS IN FOUR WAYS, FOUR AREAS THAT HAVE
           NOT BEEN DISCUSSED BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. AND I THINK THEY ARE
           SIGNIFICANT. FIRST OF ALL, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THIS
           PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT LED US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. YOU KNOW,
           THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE AN INSATIABLE PROPENSITY TO SAY THINGS
           THAT AREN'T TRUE. AND HE DOES IT WITH SUCH CONVICTION THAT
           PEOPLE START NODDING AND AGREEING WITH HIM. AND I'M NOT GOING
           TO GO INTO THE DETAILS ON THAT. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT. BUT
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           ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WAS THE MOST -- HAD THE GREATEST
           IMPACT ON THE MESH PEOPLE IN SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT -- ON THE
           AMERICAN PEOPLE IN SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT TO SEND OUR ASSETS
           IN THERE AND GET INVOLVED IN A WAUR OF A SOVEREIGN NATION, A
           SOVEREIGN NATION IN A CIVIL WAR -- FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT,
           CERTAINLY THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS THAT NATO HAS DONE THAT --
           WAS WHEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I
           AND WORLD WAR II AND HE GAVE A VERY PERSUASIVE STORY OF HOW
           WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II STARTED. THE ONLY TROUBLE IS HE
           WASN'T TRELING THE TRUTH. AND I -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A
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           HISTORIAN AND NEITHER IS THE PRESIDENT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHO
           IS, HENRY KISSINGER. AND HE SAID HE GOT QUITE UPSET WITH THE
           THING. HE SAID -- AND I'M QUOTING NOW -- "THE SECOND WORLD WAR
           DID NOT START IN THE BALKANS MUCH LESS AS A RESULT OF ITS
           ETHNIC CONFLICTS." THEN HE SAID, "WORLD WAR ONE" -- LISTEN,
           MADAM PRESIDENT -- "WORLD WAR I STARTED IN THE BALKANS NOT AS A
           RESULT OF ETHNIC CONFLICT BUT FOR PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE REASON
           -- BECAUSE OUTSIDE POWERS INTERVENEED IN A LOCAL CONFLICT. HE
           SAID RUSSIA BACKED SERBIA AND FRANCE BACKED RUSSIA AND GERMANY
           JUMPED IN ON AUSTRIA'S SIDE SO WE HAD THE SAME SITUATION AS
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           HAPPENING TODAY. WE HAD THE GREAT POWERS DIVIDING UP AND
           GETTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS -- OF A CIVIL WAR. IT WAS A CIVIL
           WAR, JUST LIKE IT IS TODAY. AND IF THAT STARTED WORLD WAR I,
           CERTAINLY THAT COULD START WORLD WAR III. SO WHAT HE SAID TO
           THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST SIMPLY WASN'T TRUE, MADAM PRESIDENT.
           AND I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. THE SENATOR FROM
           WASHINGTON JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO TALKED ABOUT THE ARTICLE OF
           CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER. I THINK THAT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT WHEN HE
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           TALKED ABOUT THE RUSSIANS. I'M -- IT'S ALREADY SUBMITTED FOR
           THE RECORD SO I WON'T RESUBMIT IT, BUT I WOULD READ A FEW
           THINGS OUT OF IT. HE SAID, "PRIMIKOV TURNED TO HIS U.S.-BOUND
           PLANE AROUND IN MID-TRANSIT TO PROTEST THE BOMBING. RUSSIA
           KICKED NATO'S REPRESENTATIVES OUT OF MOSCOW. IT SENT A SPY SHIP
           INTO THE ADRIATIC TO SHADOW THE U.S. FLEET. IT THREATENED TO
           SEND MILITARY SUPPLIES TO BELGRADE. IT BOYCOTTED NATO'S 50TH
           YEAR SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE
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           THAT WOULD HAVE PRECIPITATED MORE OF A PROBLEM BETWEEN US AND
           RUSSIA THAN HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY THIS PRESIDENT IN GETTING
           INVOLVED IN THIS WAR.
           
           THE LAST PARAGRAPH READS: "MOST IMPORTANT, PRIMAKOV WILL HAVE
           PROVEN TO THE WORLD AND TO PRO-WESTERN RUSSIANS THAT AN
           ANTI-AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY PUTS RUSSIA BACK ON THE STAGE AND
           GIVES IT DIPLOMATIC CLOUT. WHILE THE PRO-AMERICAN POLICY SINCE
           THE GULF WAR YIELDED RUSSIA NOTHING BUT A TICKET TO OBLIVION.
           WE WILL HAVE VINDICATED PRIMAKOV'S VISION OF RUSSIA AS LEADER
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           OF THE OPPOSITION, FRIEND AND BROKER OF ROGUE REGIMES LIKE
           SERBIA AND IRAQ, AND BALANCEER OF AMERICAN POWER POWER. THIS
           MIGHT EVEN GET HIM ELECTED PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR WHEN YELTSIN'S
           TERM EXPIRES. CLINTON WILL FINALLY HAVE HIS LEGACY." NOW, I
           WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ALSO TO CLARIFY THE RECORD. I
           KNOW THAT SENATOR MCCAIN SAID THAT THIS DOES NOT AUTHORIZE
           GROUND TROOPS BUT IT DOES AUTHORIZE WHATEVER FORCE NECESSARY.
           AND SOME OF US COULD INTERPRET IT THAT WAY. BUT IN MY OPINION,
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           THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THERE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO
           BE GROUND TROOPS. I KNOW HE SAID HE WAS OPPOSED TO GROUND
           TROOPS BUT HE WASN'T TELLING THE TRUTH. AND I OFFER AS EVIDENCE
           OF THAT WHAT -- LONG BEFORE WE SENT BOMBERS IN THERE, WESLEY
           CLARK, GENERAL WESLEY CLARK SAID -- QUOTE -- "WE NEVER THOUGHT
           AIR POWER ALONE COULD STOP THE PARAMILITARY TRAGEDY, AND
           EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD IT." WHEN HE SAID THAT, HE WAS WITH THE
           PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THEN WHEN WE HAD SECRETARY BILL
           COHEN, A GUY I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR, SERVED WITH
           HERE IN THIS BODY IN THE SENATE, BUT I ASKED HIM THE SAME
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           QUESTION ABOUT THIS, AND HE SAID ELABORATED A LITTLE BIT ON IT
           BUT HE SAID, "WE UNDERSTOOD THAT MILOSEVIC COULD TAKE ACTION
           VERY QUICKLY AND THAT AN AIR CAMPAIGN COULD DO LITTLE, IF
           ANYTHING, TO STOP HIM." SO I THINK FOR PEOPLE THAT TALK ABOUT
           THIS RESOLUTION DOING THAT, I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT
           HAD IN MIND ALL THE TIME ANYWAY. NOW, THE SECOND THING I WANT
           TO TALK ABOUT IS THE COST OF THIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT
           ALIZED, THEY DON'T STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE COST IN TERMS OF
           BOTH MONEY AND OUR CAPABILITY OF DEFENDING AMERICA AMERICA. AND
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           I WOULD HAVE TO SAY -- AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE WHO'S
           NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND AGREE WITH ME IN THIS UNITED
           STATES SENATE THAT THE PRESIDENT, THROUGH HIS VETO POWER, HAS
           DECIMATED THE MILITARY BUDGET SO THAT WE RIGHT NOW TODAY ARE AT
           ONE-HALF THE FORCE STRENGTH THAT WE WERE IN THE -- IN 1991,
           BACK DURING THE PERSIAN GULF DAYS. NOW, THAT'S VERY
           SIGNIFICANT. I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THIS AND UNDERSTAND
           IT. ONE-HALF THE FORCE STRENGTH. I'M TALKING ABOUT ONE-HALF OF
           THE ARMY DECISIONS, ONE-HALF THE TACTICAL AIR WINGS, ONE-HALF
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           THE SHIPS, FROM 600 DOWN TO 300. SO WE'RE AT ONE-HALF THE FORCE
           STRENGTH THAT WE WERE BECAUSE OF THIS PRESIDENT. THEN YOU ADD
           TO THAT THE DEPLOYMENTS. WE'VE HAD MORE DEPLOYMENTS IN THE LAST
           SIX YEARS THAN WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS 20 YEARS, AND THEY'RE TO
           AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS. AND
           SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND FOR JOE LOCKHART OF THE
           PRESIDENT, TO STAND UP LAST WEEK AND SAY THAT INHOFE IS WRONG,
           WE'RE AS STRONG AS WE WERE TODAY AS WE WERE IN 1991, THAT'S
           JUST AN OUTRAGEOUS LIE. AND IT'S QUANTIFIED IN FORCE STRENGTH.
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           AND ANYONE WHO IS WORKING ON THE COMMITTEES, THEY ALL
           UNDERSTAND THIS. SO WE HAVE THE DEPLOYMENTS AND WE HAVE THE
           PROBLEMS, AND WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE. AND YET WE DON'T HAVE
           THE NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST. I WAS SO PROUD OF COLIN POWELL
           THIS WEEKEND TO COME OUT AND ADMIT AND SAY THAT AMERICA DOES
           NOT HAVE THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC INTERESTS IN KOSOVO. THE SAME
           AS HENRY KISSINGER SAID. AND I'VE QUOTED BOTH OF THEM
           EXTENSIVELY. AND YET HERE WE ARE MAKING THE COMMITMENT. YOU
           KNOW, I CAME BACK FROM MY LAST TRIP TO KOSOVO JUST TO HEAR ON
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           THE WAY BACK TONY BLAIR STAND UP AND MAKE HIS VERY ELOQUENT
           STATEMENT WHERE WHEREIN HE WAS SAYING THAT WE -- WE OUGHT TO
           ESCALATE THE WAR WAR, ESCALATE THE AIRSTRIKES. YOU KNOW, HERE'S
           A GUY STANDING UP WHO DOES HAVE NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS --
           HE'S OVER THERE. HE'S NOT -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE HALFWAY AROUND THE
           WORLD. WE DON'T HAVE NATIONAL STRATEGIC INTEREST THERE BUT HE
           DOES. AND TO HAVE HIM STAND UP AND SAY, WE NEED TO ESCALATE THE
           AIRSTRIKES WHEN WE, AT THAT TIME THAT HE SAID THIS, WE HAD 365
           AIRPLANES OVER THERE, HE HAD 20. OF COURSE, THAT'S EASY FOR HIM
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           TO SAY. I'D SAY HE'S A BETTER NEGOTIATOR THAN WE ARE. AND SO I
           WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT I SAW OVER THERE. AND I SEE
           SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HERE. AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY
           THAT SOMETIMES THE NATO INTERESTS DON'T NECESSARILY COINCIDE
           WITH OUR INTERESTS. I WONDER SOMETIMES WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
           SOVEREIGNTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHY WE HAVE TO
           TAKE ON ALL THESE OTHER OBLIGATIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR
           ABILITY TO DEFEND OURSELVES. NOW, CAN WE DEFEND OURSELVES?
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           YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GENERAL HOLLY WAS VERY BRAVE WHEN HE CAME OUT
           THIS WEEKEND, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT GENERAL HOLLY SAID. AND
           KEEP IN MIND, HE'S THE HEAD OF THE -- HE'S THE AIR COMBAT
           COMMAND, THE TOP GUY, FOUR-STAR GENERAL. IT TAKES A LOT OF
           COURAGE FOR ONE OF THESE GENERALS TO STAND UP AGAINST THE
           COMMANDER IN CHIEF, PRESIDENT CLINTON. AND HE SAID THAT FIVE
           WEEKS OF THE BOMBING IN YUGOSLAVIA HAS LEFT UNITED STATES
           MUNITIONS STOCKS CRITICALLY SHORT, NOT JUST OF AIR-LAUNCH
           CRUISE MISSILES, AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, BUT ALSO OF ANOTHER
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           PRECISION WEAPON, THE JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION, THAT'S
           JDAM, DROP USED BY THESE BEAUTIFUL B-2'S THAT ARE REPORT
           REPORTEDLY VERY, VERY WELL. SO NOW WE'RE SHORT OF THEM. HE WENT
           ON TO SAY THAT "WE WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO HANDLE A SECOND WAR
           IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR KOREA. " NOW. LET'S STOP AND THINK ABOUT
           THAT A LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE OUR NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY HAS
           ALWAYS BEEN TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND AMERICA ON TWO REGIONAL
           FRONTS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE IN HERE WHO BELIEVES THAT
           WE CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY DEFEND AMERICA ON TWO REGIONAL FRONTS.
           WHAT GENERAL HOLLY IS SAYING IS JUST FROM THE COMMITMENT THAT
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           WE'VE MADE TO BOSNIA AND TO KOSOVO AND WITH THE DEPLOYMENTS
           THAT WE'VE MADE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME AND
           HE QUESTIONS IF WE COULD DEFEND AMERICA IF SOMETHING HAPPENED
           IN EITHER NORTH KOREA OR IN IRAQ. NOW, THAT'S VERY SERIOUS. I
           WENT BACK TO THE 21ST TA- TA-COM, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING
           TIRED OF HEARING ME TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT ANY TIME WE DO A
           GROUND OPERATION ANYWHERE IN THAT THEATRE, IT HAS TO BE
           LOGISTICALLY REPORTED AND RUN AND OPERATED BY THE 21ST TA-COM
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           IN GERMANY, RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM RAMSTEIN AIR FORCE BASE
           AND SO A YEAR AGO OR SO I WAS OVER THERE, AND THEY SAID JUST
           WHAT WE'RE DOING IN BOSNIA, WE'RE AT 100% CAPACITY, WE CAN'T DO
           ANYMORE. AND NOW THEY'RE DOING MORE. AND AS I WATCHED THE
           DEPLOYMENTS TAKE PLACE AND THEY'RE CRANKING THOSE PEOPLE
           THROUGH. ALL THESE TROOPS, YOU KNOW, 5,000 ARE OVER THERE RIGHT
           NOW. THEY WERE THERE WHEN I WAS THERE A FEW DAYS AGO. AND AS
           THEY'RE TAKING THROUGH, I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF
           THERE'S ANY -- ANYTHING ELSE -- ANY CONTINGENCY LIKE IN IRAQ?
           HE SAID, WE'D BE 100% COMPEND NOT UPON GUARD AND RESERVE. AND
           NOW WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT'S INTENTIONS ARE TO ACTIVATE
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           GUARD AND RESERVE. HE'S ALREADY CALLED UP UNITS. HE'S NOTIFIED
           UNITS. SO ANYWAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY. I WENT OVER,
           MADAM PRESIDENT, TO TIRANA, WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE, WITH SOME OF
           THE TROOPS IN A C-17, AND I FOUND SOME THINGS OUT THERE THAT
           WERE REALLY KIND OF SCARY. IN FACT, THE C-17 THAT I WENT IN WAS
           CARRYING TWO MLRS'S -- THAT'S THE MULTIPLE-LAUNCH CAPABILITY --
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           AND ONE HUMVEE, AND ALL THE REST FILLED UP WITH TROOPS. WE WERE
           AT GROSS WEIGHT. WE HAD -- WE COULDN'T HOLD ANOTHER POUND IN
           THAT C-17. WE HAVE NOW DONE 400 SORTIES WITH C-17'S. THAT'S
           THAT BEAUTIFUL HIGH HIGH-LIFT VEHICLE THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE A
           LOT OF THE OTHERS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF AND WE NEED MORE
           OF. NONETHELESS, WE'RE TYING THOSE THINGS UP, WE'RE FLYING
           THOSE THINGS. 400 OF THEM GOING IN AND OUT TAKING THINGS INTO
           ALBANIA. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SCENARIOS THAT WE LOOKED AT AS TO
           WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE. AND I WOULD ONLY SAY THIS. WHEN I
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           CAME BACK, I -- I CAME BACK CONVINCED THAT THE PAPER THAT WAS
           WRITTEN BY THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION WAS TRUE, BECAUSE FROM THE
           OFFICERS OVER THERE, I LEARNED THAT THE THREE SCENARIOS, MADAM
           PRESIDENT, WHICH ARE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO, GO IN
           THERE AND TAKE OVER KOSOVO, AS IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND THEN
           NOTHING ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE SECOND ONE, TAKE OVER
           BELGRADE. THIRD, TAKE OVER YUGOSLAVIA. THE FIRST ONE WOULD TAKE
           30,000 AMERICAN TROOPS. THE SECOND, 100,000 AMERICAN TROOPS.
           THE THIRD, 250,000 AMERICAN TROOPS. AND WHILE THEY DON'T LIKE
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           TO THINK OF THINGS IN TERMS OF CASUALTIES, THE CASUALTIES OF
           THE MOST CONSERVATIVE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 500 AND 2,000
           AMERICAN CASUALTIES, THE BELGRADE OPTION WOULD BE SOMEWHERE
           BETWEEN 5,000 AND 10,000 CASUALTIES, AND THE YUGOSLAVIA TOTAL
           EFFORT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15,000 AND 20,000 AMERICAN
           CASUALTIES. AND THAT'S VERY, VERY SERIOUS. NOW, BEFORE I QUIT,
           I HAVE TWO OTHER THINGS IANT TO SHARE. I'VE HEARD MANY SENATORS
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           STAND ON THIS FLOOR AND TALK ABOUT THE HORRIBLE ATROCITIES THAT
           ARE GOING ON, AND THEY ARE. ANY TIME ANYONE IS KILLED, ANY TIME
           THERE ARE REFUGEES, ANY TIME THERE'S ANY DEGREE OF ETHNIC
           CLEANSING, IT'S A TRAGEDY. BUT FOR THE JUNIOR SENATOR TO -- OF
           CALIFORNIA TO STAND UP AND SAY -- QUOTE -- "THE MOST GOD-AWFUL
           ETHNIC CLEANSING SINCE HITLER," THAT JUST ISN'T TRUE. AND I'M
           SURE SHE BELIEVES IT'S TRUE OR SHE WOULDN'T SAY IT. BUT WE KEEP
           HEARING THESE HORRIBLE STORIES. WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT WALK OUT
           IN THE ROSE GARDEN LAST WEEK AND TALK ABOUT WHAT BRIAN ATWOOD,
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           THE A.I.D. ADMINISTRATOR HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT THE GROUPS OF MEN
           THAT WERE LINED UP AND DOUSED WITH GASOLINE AND LIT -- LIGHTED
           ON FIRE. WELL, I WAS WITH BRIAN ATWOOD OVER THERE A FEW DAYS
           BEFORE THAT, AND APPARENTLY THIS ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED BEFORE THAT
           TIME. HE DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WHAT
           IS TRUE AND WHAT ISN'T TRUE. BUT I WILL SAY THIS -- I KNOW THAT
           IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU HEAR TO THE CONTRARY -- AND THIS IS MOST
           SIGNIFICANT -- THAT THE ATROCITIES THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO
           THE KOSOVAR ALBANIANS ARE MINOR WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES.
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           I'M INVOLVED IN MISSION BORK. I GO TO WEST AFRICA WITH SOME
           REGULATOR. AND I WAS IN WEST AFRICA LESS THAN A MONTH AGO. THIS
           IS NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH BEING A SENATOR. THIS IS DOING THE
           LORD'S WORK OVER THERE WITH SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES. AND I'M
           TALKING ABOUT BENINE AND KOITAVAU, NIGERIA, ANGOLA, SIERRA LAY
           OWN. FOR EVERYONE PERSON, MADAM PRESIDENT, WHO HAS BEEN KILLED,
           ETHNICALLY CLEANSED, KILLED IN THE KOSOVAR ALBANIANS, FOR EVERY
           ONE, THERE HAVE BEEN 80 KILLED IN JUST THE TWO COUNTRIES OF
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           ANGORA AND SIERRA LEON. NOW, ARE THEY JUST AS BRUTAL?
           YES, YOU GO INTO SIERRA LEON, THEY TAKE UP WHOLE TRIBES OF
           CHILDREN, LINE THEM UP AND CUT THEIR HANDS OFF. ENTIRE TRIBES.
           THE MOST BRUTAL KILLING. SO FOR EVERY ONE KILLED IN KOSOVO, 80
           KILLED THERE. WHY AREN'T WE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT?
           BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT IS
           HUMANITARIAN THAT IS MOTIVATING THIS. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE
           80-1 RATIO IN WEST AFRICA?
           OR WHAT ABOUT RWANDA. FOR EVERY ONE THAT'S BEEN KILLED IN
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           KOSOVO, THERE HAVE BEEN 300 KILLED IN THE ONE COUNTRY OF
           RWANDA. SO YOU CAN GO THROUGHOUT AFRICA AND SEE MUCH GREATER
           ATROCITIES ATROCITIES. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE SIT
           BACK AND ACT LIKE THERE IS NO PROBLEM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
           EXCEPT THERE. AND I HAVE TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SOME OF
           THE OTHERS HAVE COME TO -- AND IF I CAN FIND IT HERE, I'LL
           SHARE -- WELL, ANYWAY, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS WRITTEN IN
           THE "MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL" NEWSPAPER THAT I WILL SUBMIT FOR THE
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           RECORD AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY REMARKS, THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC
           AS TO WHY IT MIGHT BE THAT WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MANY
           AFRICANS WHEN JUST A HANDFUL ARE KILLED IN KOSOVO.
           
           NOW, YOU HAVE TO ALSO ASK: WHY
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