169 Quotes by Ken Bacon

Basically, it will allow us to increase the intensity of the air campaign over Kosovo and Yugoslavia.

It will be another substantive strike. It will be severe.

I can tell you that their activities and buildup in the Gulf seem to go far beyond their defensive need, particularly on those three little islands.

It is part of a plan to make force mobility more difficult, to interdict the flow of supplies and of forces.

Given what we have seen, the active redeployment of (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's) air defenses, the high state of alert, we think he is interested in much more than diplomacy, that he has ulterior motives to moving these around and we need to be prepared.

It is to relieve the congestion in FYROM, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, temporarily and then ... create the conditions that will allow these people to return home, which is where we believe they want to be.

It's not surprising that their facilities are primitive by our standards. It's also not surprising that, given the dedication and money they've devoted to upgrading their military, that they have been able to produce long-range missiles, and to fire them from such primitive spots.

If the summoned vessel takes flight, she may be pursued and brought to by forcible measures if necessary,

Force protection is the job of unit commanders in Bosnia and elsewhere, and they have the authority to take steps that they think are appropriate to match the threat they face.