[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6460]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          NO CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY OF LIBERALS TO WAGE WAR

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I have no confidence in the ability of 
liberals to wage war. That is the truth that most of us believe and 
cannot deny. From the nonsensical way that Johnson and McNamara fought 
the Vietnam War, to Carter's humiliation in Iran, to our latest 
misadventure in Kosovo, the truth is there for all to see.
  The liberal mentality simply is not equipped to deal with the harsh 
realities of war. They do not understand the first thing about using 
military force, about protecting America's national interest or about 
what is required to defeat a determined enemy. Vietnam, Iran hostages 
and now Bill Clinton's war in Kosovo. The liberals voted against using 
military force in the Persian Gulf when U.S. interests were clearly at 
stake, but where U.S. interests are not at stake, such as Haiti or 
Kosovo, then they are for military force.
  This is liberalism in the full glory of its contradictions and 
wrongheadedness. I only can pray that the soldiers, sailors and 
aviators who must put their lives on the line do not suffer for the 
naivete and the incompetence of the armchair liberals in this 
administration.

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