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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: JBL who wrote (41127)4/1/1999 5:37:00 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
"...Nonetheless, there is evident improvisation in the Administration's and NATO's decision-making on Kosovo. Milosevic did not capitulate after the first few days of bombing, as the allies had hoped, so NATO decided to raise the stakes last weekend to attack his forces in the field.

When two days of that effort failed to deter him, the allies quickly moved on to a restricted version of what eventually will be "Phase 3," adding Government ministries in downtown Belgrade and other command-and-control facilities to the target list.

The cumulative picture is of a war being planned on the fly, with hurried escalation following each new provocation.

A senior national security official said that in fact the allies were "learning by doing how you conduct a NATO operation, both at a political and a military level."

How, then, do NATO and the United States plan to pursue the war in Yugoslavia if Phases 1, 2 and 3 fail to persuade Milosevic to withdraw his forces?

What is Phase 4?

Said one exasperated senior official, "There is no Phase 4." : The New York Times piece is impressive, insofar as it is refusing to provide anything like a fig- leaf for the Administration at this point. Everyone is embarrassed by this fiasco...
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