SENATOR DURBIN - THE SITUATION IN KOSOVO (Senate - April 20, 1999) I am a product of the Vietnam era. I came to the conclusion, as a result of that experience, that war is the last resort; that there is no such thing as a military adventure. When military is involved, people die. It should be taken ever so seriously. Yet, I believe we find ourselves in the Balkans in a situation where, frankly, there was no alternative but the use of force. America does not go to war for territory or for treasure. We go to war for values. And the values at stake in this conflict are values that Americans can take at heart. It troubles me to hear some of my friends on the other side of the aisle suggest that after 25 days of bombing in Serbia and Kosovo somehow or another the American military might has been decimated. But we cannot succeed when a television program like `Nightline,' 7 days into the war, has a program entitled `The Kosovo Crisis: Still no end in sight.' Seven days--7 days into the war they want it over with, and all the political pundits are coming on television on Sunday and saying, well, we must have lost that war. It is a good thing they were not around during the Battle of the Bulge.
It doesn't read like 'Combat Veteran', does it, J-H?
These a$$holes are like cockroaches..............FRegards