[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 170 (Tuesday, October 31, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            YESTERDAY'S VOTE ON BOSNIAN RESOLUTION A MISTAKE

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Madam Speaker, the vote that we took yesterday on Bosnia, 
even though it was overwhelming, was a mistake. It undermined the 
American President, and it undermined America's position as the leader 
of the free world. I think we will live to regret it.
  If you talk the talk, you have got to be willing to walk the walk. We 
have poured billions of dollars into NATO to protect the integrity of 
Europe's borders, to promote democracy, and to make good on our vow 
after the holocaust of World War II that it would never happen again. 
The Bosnian war is a reflection of the fact that we have allowed it to 
happen again. If it happens here, it can happen in other places.
  The fact is that the war in Bosnia occurred because of a violation of 
Bosnia's borders by Serbia's invasion with soldiers and armaments. The 
fact is that the massacre of Bosnian Moslems is the worst holocaust to 
occur in Europe since World War II. The fact is that America needs to 
be a leader in securing peace in that area of the world and in fact 
throughout the world, and we cannot assume that mantle of world 
leadership if we deliberately prevent our President from acting 
responsibly and effectively.

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