[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            NO AMERICAN BLOOD SPENT ON THE FIELDS OF KOSOVO

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, our Nation is on the verge of sending in 
ground troops into Kosovo. Just look at the headlines in today's 
Washington newspapers. Estimates, however, take between 150,000 and 
300,000 ground troops in Kosovo, with casualties of between 7 and 12 
percent, and 65 percent of those ground troops would be Americans. 
Casualties of up to 20,000 Americans in Kosovo, and who is pushing it? 
NATO, many of whose members still continue to ship oil to Serbia. Who 
is pushing it? The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who uses the 
word ``we.'' His Nation sends 20 airplanes to Serbia, while the United 
States sends over 600.
  It is time to negotiate a settlement now. It is time to stand up and 
say, the American people do not want any blood of American soldiers 
spent on the fields of Kosovo.

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