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To: D. Long who wrote (11241)	6/6/1999 5:26:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

It looks like West is emulating Colonial Powers (except the mission is "humanitarian" and we are paying for this top dollar..(which may loose its shine because of this) "The very minimum amount of time a peacekeeping force will be in place is three years." His colleague, Major Charles Heyman, editor of Jane's World Armies, says the timespan could be considerably longer. He said: "If a peacekeeping force goes, it will be there for 20 years. I have just come back from Bosnia and I can tell you, if the peace-keeping force were to withdraw tomorrow the whole place would collapse." news.bbc.co.uk Does any one believe we would have staying power in Kosovo that long?