<<What should have been done?
1.Offer major foreign aid to Yugos in exchange for tolerance of Muslims in Kosovo(we've burned 8 billion already and damaged how much infrastructure?)
2.Put in a multi-national peace keeping force in Kosovo(less than 10% US troops) in order to suppress the KLA.
Too late to implement that now? I don't know, but it's worth a try. I doubt the Yugos will accept any NATO forces as peacekeepers, except Greeks. Perhaps they would if NATO agreed to repair the damage we've recently done?>>
No argument that this was a blunder. The laughability of this administration is not so funny when the oops! are being conducted overseas.
1. Foreign aid helps no one. It always ends up in the pockets of bureacrats who spend it on yachts and caviar. See my post on the IMF for my opinion. The EU proposal for bringing in the Balkans may work, the necessary liberalization of institutions and prosperity may make these people not care to hate. Who hates when they have money in their pocket? However, these people may just hate each other too much.
2. Put a multinational force in Kosovo to suppress *any* terrorism, vigilante or state sponsored. The KLA would not have gotten any support without Serb atrocities. It takes two to tango, and these people are dancing up a storm.
You're right, its unlikely Yugoslavia will accept any NATO forces, or even any contingent from any NATO country, period. But a force should be installed, made up of a proper mix of neutral and Russian (or Ukranian, they have volunteered men for such an operation) troops. What is of paramount importance is that these people stop trying to hang each other. If that means seperating the respective parties at the point of a gun, so be it. |
