Interesting statements/questions raised 12/13/1995, by a Dem!

[zbdent]

The difference is amazing.

Back when the President's party had the balls to question their "President", Marcy Kaptur of Ohio had the balls to ask this about Bosnia, instead of the fellating that the Repukes give Bush:

* I rise in support of the Dornan resolution as the only crystal clear vote this House will cast on this precedent-setting U.S. military involvement of our ground forces in an unstable former Soviet bloc nation. The most assured way of maintaining our troops' safety is not sending them there in the first place.

* Under what Constitutional authority is your Administration committing 20,000 U.S. ground forces to Bosnia and thousands more to adjacent nations?

* Under what specific treaty obligation and amended obligations is your Administration committing U.S. ground forces to Bosnia?

* Please define peace-keeping.

* Please outline the mission in Bosnia and when our nation will know it has succeeded and thus withdraw.

* Please define peace-making.

* In the past, when, where and through what legal or treaty authority has the U.S. deployed ground forces through NATO, or other European Security institutions for `peace-keeping' operations in the former Soviet bloc?

* Since the administration's Bosnia initiative is precedent-setting--U.S. ground forces in a former, unstable Soviet nation--on what basis will our forces be committed to other internal civil wars in the future? What will be the U.S. military `peacekeeping' relationship to the United Nations, NATO and other such international entities in the future?

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* Has the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe formally requested NATO assistance in Bosnia? Please provide the document requesting such involvement.

* What is the role of the Western European Union, if any, in the Bosnia deployment?

* Is Eurocorps functional and what force level has it committed to Bosnia?

* Describe the Bosnian Commission that is to settle property disputes and its legal structure. Is it operational? If not, when will it become functional?

* How does the United States role in Bosnia differ from our role in Lebanon?

* Do the three parties to the peace accord--Presidents Milosevic, Izetbegovic, Tudjamn--represent legitimate authority for their respective constituencies? Through what legal process was each elected to preside over those countries? Please detail the nature of their respective elections.

* Finally, why in this post Cold War era--when the U.S. citizenry has been clamoring for more defense-burden sharing by U.S. allies--has the U.S. again been asked to assume the central role in resolving this situation, even convening the peace talks in Dayton, OH, rather than on the European continent.

[groovedaddy]

1. Wow - what pertinent questions

I doubt that they were ever answered to anyone's satisfaction.

[zbdent]

2. True, but I don't remember

Marcy Kaptur being painted as anti-patriotic by Clinton or the media ... I remember quite well that the media was attacking Clinton because someone might "get their hair mussed", to quote a RW "spokeswoman" ...