To succeed in our policy, we will need the help of others. But to ensure that cooperation, we must demonstrate our own seriousness of purpose. That is why President Clinton ordered an end to all U.S. trade and investment with Iran. The truth is that nothing could be more naive than bankrolling Iran's terrorist regime. Doing business with Iran is not a multiple choice question.
Terrorism is evil.
Since the end of the Cold War, the greatest test for the international community and for American leadership has been in former Yugoslavia. Much has been lost in this region that can never be regained. But we have reached a point where the killing has stopped and a process of reconstruction has begun. Americans may be proud that our diplomacy is a principal reason. Halting this conflict matters to us because violence in the Balkans knows no natural boundaries.