[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H9728-H9729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HOW THE U.N. AND THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS CREATING A MORE 
                        DANGEROUS WORLD FOR ALL

  (Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the United Nations, led by 
the United States, is getting pushed around by a rogue nation with an 
unfeeling dictator, Saddam Hussein.

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  There is no other way to say it, Mr. Speaker, the United States is 
sitting idly by while this tyrant, Saddam Hussein, is thumbing his nose 
at us. As former U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter said before the House 
Committee on National Security, the reality is that Iraq is winning its 
bid to retaining its prohibited weapons.

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  Continuation of sanctions as a sole means of enforcing Security 
Council resolutions is a self-defeating, weak policy.
  The Clinton administration has intervened to prevent surprise 
inspections in Iraq because it wishes to avoid a new conflict with 
Baghdad. I cannot stress enough how dangerous this policy is.
  The question is, are the United Nations and the Clinton 
administration gambling with all of our lives? Unfortunately, it 
appears they are.

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