[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 14 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WE NEED ALLIED SUPPORT IN IRAQ

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the American people are saying if 
military action is needed in Iraq, America should not do it alone, and 
the American people are right. The days of sending American soldiers 
overseas with a rifle on their shoulder and a credit card in their 
pocket just does not cut it anymore, Mr. Speaker, especially when many 
of our so-called allies sit on the sidelines and shout Yankee go home 
to boot.
  Kofi Annan is to be commended for his efforts. It sounds good. But in 
any event, I think the wise words of Ronald Reagan apply here: Trust 
but verify; trust but verify.
  But I will not, Mr. Speaker, support military action unless our 
allies are on the battlefield with us. We represent Uncle Sam; we do 
not represent Uncle Sucker.

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