If we were to retreat from our commitments to NATO on this. the eve of the signing of the peace agreements In Paris. I think that institution would be forever shattered. We also have the opportunity by acting tonight to avoid the potential of this horrendous strife. which has taken a quarter of a million lives. rendered 3 million people as refugees. from spreadingspreading first throughout the former Yugoslavia and then throughout the Balkans and then. as we have seen twice in this century. throughout Europe. We have a deep stake in avoiding having to do what this country has done twice in this century. and that is send American men and women. not as peacekeepers. but as combatants in a war in Europe. Finally.
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