Vice President of the U.S., 1989-1993; Former Republican Senator (IN)
Should have negotiated Kosovo; no US peacekeeping troops
Negotiation - not escalation - represented the only appropriate strategy [in Kosovo]. This very settlement [signed today] could have been secured months ago if President Clinton had not insisted on his proposal for peace-keeping troops. The nations of
Europe should supply the ground forces needed to enforce the proposal accepted today. Although the US might offer air and logistical support, there is no reason to move US troops into any part of Yugoslavia.
Source: www.quayle2000.com/ “Press Releases”
, Jun 3, 1999
Kosovo: Wrong war in the wrong place
As I have said from the outset of our military involvement in Yugoslavia, this is the wrong war in the wrong place. The United States should never commit our military unless it is in our vital national security interests. Involving ourselves in a civil
war of ancient origins does not meet that test. No one is better off as a result of this ill-advised mission: not the United States or its allies; not NATO; and certainly not the Albanian Kosovars, whose suffering has increased dramatically.
Source: www.quayle2000.com/ “Calls for Halt”, 5/5/99
, May 5, 1999
Our Kosovo role: bring combatants together, not wage war
The present policy [in Kosovo] risks miring us in a protracted military campaign that further depletes our armed forces and diminishes our ability to confront real threats in other parts of the world. America’s credibility has been undermined by the
president’s actions. America’s role is not to negotiate with Milosevic, but to pursue peace by bringing together the real parties to this conflict - the Kosovars and the Yugoslav government.
Source: www.quayle2000.com/ “Calls for Halt”, 5/5/99
, May 5, 1999
Stay out of Yugoslavia’s civil war
You’ve got to step back and ask this question: Is it in America’s vital national security interest to be involved in a civil war in Yugoslavia? And I would say the answer to that question is no, that this is a civil war, that this is not where Iraq
invaded Kuwait, this is not where Yugoslavia was going to invade Hungary or Albania or Macedonia, Bulgaria, one of the other countries that’s in the area.
Source: Excerpts from CNN’s “Crossfire”
, Apr 27, 1999
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