But we acted pre-emptively in Kosovo in 1999 to stop Milosevic from doing what he was doing and increasingly doing the ethnic cleansing in a systematic way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not saying it was wrong to intervene in Kosovo.
I am absolutely not saying that Milosevic might not be responsible for all sorts of atrocities, but I believe that what's been left out of public debate and the press is that there was a civil war going on there.
I know there is moral outage in regard to Mr. Milosevic, and that is certainly justified. But what about our response?
Milosevic will never stop, because he is fighting for personal power in Serbia. The only way to stop him is cutting the functioning of his war machine. He is spending $1.7 million a day on his war machine in Kosovo.
I think it's appropriate for the international community in situations like this to intervene in Kosovo. I am in favor of an intervention. On some level, you have to say that at least somebody is doing something.
If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.
There has been enough blood in the Balkans. Serbia is offering its hand. Let us turn to the future and not deal with the past.
He was driven by the idea that when Milosevic grabs a part of Bosnia, Croatia should get a piece of it, too.
I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.
In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence. It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.