169 Quotes by Ken Bacon

Obviously, it's up to Indonesia to provide for the security of its own people in East Timor, as well as United Nations workers and other foreigners in East Timor,

Obviously, if we have a series of tests that are deemed to be failures we couldn't say that this was ready to deploy.

They have fewer assets today than they had yesterday, yes. But I would be misleading you if I told you that they are not yet, that they are at a point where they can't continue their aggression or repression of the Kosovar Albanians.

There were reports on Radio Free Europe that water hoses were used against women and children who were protesting the fact that their husbands or fathers, loved ones, were being killed in Kosovo,

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.

There is now a clear minimum flight ceiling of 2,000 feet,

I would question what joy one can derive from being a strongman in a weak country, as Saddam Hussein is,

The reports did not provide enough specificity to allow any skipper or military commander to make a decision to change behavior based on these reports.

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.