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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chimaera: [QB] Well, after over 70 posts, there's not much I can say without repeating someone else [IMG]http://solareclipse.net/Forums/smile.gif[/IMG] Except this: the bombing campaign is just the first step. Ground troops (and lost of them, NATO now estimates it will need about 200,000) are the next step, and the reason is simple. Despite all of the hype given to air power, it has failed to stop the humanitarian problems in Kosovo and it has failed to stop Milosevic. It has also failed to completely wipe out Serb air defences. This so called phase 2 of the air campaign, in which NATO planes must fly lower and slower in order to hit smaller targets like troop columns, is not only far more dangerous to the pilots and planes, its much more difficult to hit much of anything. Tanks and troop carriers can be hit, but the troops themselves that are comitting the (alleged) atrocities are spread out in villages and over the country side. It is now becoming generally recognized (although many politicians are still denying) that only ground troops will ultimately solve the problem if Milosevic refuses to back down. And so, send in the marines. The result is a hostile ground invasion of a sovereign country, one that is not sanctioned by the UN. And yet there is no real plan (no public one anyway) as to what to do with this situation. Create an independent Kosovo? Forcibly remove Milosevic from power? I think NATO gambled that Milosevic would back down, and they gambled wrong. And now they are stuck in a situation that can only get more unstable, without a clear direction to follow. Personally, I am in favour of the bombing, but what I am not in favour of is setting a major international precedent for the future without having a clear idea of what you intend to do or what you ultimately want to accomplish. Saying you want to save lives is fine and nice, but in these situations we need something more specific. NATO may have it, I hope they do, but they're not telling anyone (possibly for political reasons). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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