Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020023019

Mr. Speaker. the fierce controversy that surrounded the indecision and delay by the administration over the question of providing humanitarian assistance to the Kurdish refugees huddled high in the mountains of northern Iraq Is going to look retrospectively tame compared to the coming debate on aid to the civilians in Iraq proper. Why would assistance to Saddam Husseins Iraq be seriously considered as long as Saddam Hussein remains firmly in power? Because a crisis of mammoth proportion is brewing up around the destroyed infrastructure of Iraq. Incredibly. the State Department diplomats insist on paying homage to the principle of sovereignty within international bordersregardless of the genocide being committed within those borders.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
BOB MCEWEN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
OH
Gender
M
Date
1991-04-16
Speech ID
1020023019
Paragraph
#0
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