[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: February 8, 1994]
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                     IT'S TIME FOR ACTION IN BOSNIA

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, how many innocent people have to die in 
Bosnia before the world does something about it?
  How many innocent children have to be slaughtered before we respond?
  Are 200,000 dead Bosnians enough? Are 16,000 slaughtered children 
enough?
  That's how many have died in less than 2 years.
  The body count from Saturday's savage assault in Sarajevo stands at 
68 and counting.
  Bodies were so mangled that one morgue had to spread arms, legs, and 
feet out on the floor to piece people together.
  How can we let this happen?
  How can civilized nations sit silent and watch this happen?
  Ethnic cleansing is genocide.
  And we cannot be silent partners to genocide any longer.
  We have waited too long for action.
  Too long to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia.
  We must use allied air strikes to defend Bosnia now.
  Of course there are risks to taking action.
  But how many more will die if we do not act?
  There can be no more excuses.
  If NATO can't respond to this, then what is NATO worth?
  And if we cannot respond to this, then the blood of Bosnia isn't just 
on the hands of the Serbs.
  It's on all of us.

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