Mr. Speaker. like the majority of my colleagues. I wish that our Bosnia policy had been focused and clear 4 years ago. before a quarter of a million people died and 3 million more became refugees. Mr. Speaker. two Presidents hesitated and the results were an arms embargo that ratified arms imbalance. a hobbled United Nations. and a belated bombing campaign. Another Holocaust was occurring. but the world held back. Time and again the Congress warned the President. and I did too. "Lift the arms embargo." we said. "Do not make a commitment of troops a precondition to peace." we said. but he chose otherwise.
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