Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
damaged operation
This operation will continue. Nothing has damaged our resolve.
continue far meets offer rattle sign until
This offer may be one sign he is rattled, but we are going to continue to rattle him until he makes an offer that meets our conditions, and he's far away from that right now.
afraid air defense fear largely line losing northern operation quite saddam southern top watch
We think that the Operation Southern Watch and Northern Watch have been able to debilitate Saddam Hussein's air defenses quite a lot ... For one thing, we think that he's largely afraid to use his top of the line air defense systems, for fear of losing them to our patrolling airplanes.
days five forces iraqi last violations zone
There have been no violations of the no-fly zone by the Iraqi forces for the last five days or so,
avoid best clean collateral consequences damage employed might solve solved trained weapons
There is no such thing as clean combat. We have the best trained forces, but there is no way to avoid collateral damage or unintended consequences when weapons are employed to solve what might have been solved diplomatically.
agreement fewer figures known peace troops understand until
If we could get by with fewer troops we would, but those figures won't be known until we understand what the peace agreement is, if we get one.
build cold current leave mean military million people quite size whether
I don't know quite what they mean by that, whether they'll build the military back up in size to 2.1 million people to a Cold War-force size or whether they'll leave it at the current size.
achieve determination efforts fight understand until
Milosevic should understand the seriousness of our efforts and our determination to keep this fight going until we achieve our goals.
against assault battalion east forces government groups last militia outside people provided turn understanding
My understanding is that they (the government in Jakarta) have provided a battalion of forces from outside of East Timor, ... And that they were able to turn back an assault by militia groups against the U.N. people last night.
derive hussein joy question saddam weak
I would question what joy one can derive from being a strongman in a weak country, as Saddam Hussein is,
achieved asia chance dialogue full minister stability type
But altogether, we think that we have a better chance of maintaining the type of stability we have achieved in Asia through a full dialogue with China, and that's what we'll be working on with Minister Chi's visit.
broken easiest feels relations states time united visit
But also it probably is not the easiest time to visit China. China, as you know, has broken off military-to-military relations temporarily with the United States and he feels that it may be better to go later.
air allow campaign increase intensity kosovo
Basically, it will allow us to increase the intensity of the air campaign over Kosovo and Yugoslavia.
amount based chemical cloud expectation forces included large number patterns pit possible troops weapons wind
My expectation is that based on the amount of chemical weapons in the pit and then what we've been told about wind patterns on that day and the disposition of forces ... there could be a very large number of troops included in a possible cloud area.