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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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