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To: JBL who wrote (10792)	5/31/1999 10:43:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 17770

It seems to me that you view those opposed to the continuation of NATO's action as unrealistic pacifists, and/or apologists for Milosevic. Well, it depends on if that is how they portray their "case" (which is the sense I seem to be getting from many here). But what I find most amazing is that after 8 years of having watched diplomacy fail to deal with the Milosevic and his crap, we suddenly are upset when we get tired of his broken promises and continuing attempts at destabilizing the region. Entirely TOO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY is being wasting on his BS, and it is time to deal with him, regardless of whether force is required. I'm real sorry that "innocent" Serbs are being killed, but I'm not the one who bought into his nationalist aspirations, consequences and ethnic cleansing be damned. Yet, the largest Veteran's organization in the US is opposed to the continuation of this war, and I would think the majority of these people do not fit in these categories. I can't tell you what they're thinking, but it is obvious to me that the US military is uncomfortable with the way this crisis has been belatedly handled and managed by the NATO leadership. The last thing the military wants to be involved in is a war by consensus. The mindset of military leaders is that they want a mission to be fully outlined, the operational and political parameters defined, and then provided the freedom to accomplish the mission in the quickest possible manner with the least risk to our personnel. We have decided to unleash the dogs of wars, but have kept them on a 6 inch leash. We learned the folly of such a incrementalist military policy back in Vietnam where the White House personally orchestrated the daily target list. Veterans know this is a BS way in which to fight a war. If you decide to go, you go all out and terrorize the HELL out of your prospective enemy so that they think twice about defying your will. Going to war should never be considered lightly, but once decided it should not be restained to the extent that it has with regard to the current operations. Regards, Ron