We would not be debating whether the United States should send troops to Bosnia if Presidents Bush and Clinton had not supported the misguided international arms embargo imposed upon Bosnia. If we had lifted the arms embargo several years ago and Imposed a noflyzone over Bosnia. the outnumbered Bosnian Serb forces would never have achieved military superiority over the Bosnian Government troops. Instead. we prevented the Bosnian Government forces from defending themselves while Serbia armed the Bosnian Serbs. This policy led to more than 200.000 deaths and created more than 2 million refugees. Having suffered the consequences of one bad policy decision. we now face another. However. this time. we are risking not only more Bosnian lives. but American lives as well.
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