But short of that. the United States can encourage these efforts with a generous pledge of U.S. aid and military troops for a multilateral peacekeeping force. One of the reasons I opposed this war was that I feared the administration had no strategy for achieving longterm political objectives in the Middle East. Indeed. I feared the administration had little conception of the potential political consequences of a war. The bill proposed by Senator MOYNIHAN and DAMATO will start to address these consequences. Finally. Mr. President. I want to go on record ezpressing my concern that the funding provided in this bill will not put at risk existing refugee disaster assistance and relief funds..