Inside Versailles on the Potomac, the emergence of a public targeting debate is one of a growing number of signs that bureaucrats and politicians have begun to use the press to position themselves to shift the blame for, or exploit the possibilities of, a possible debacle. There has been little debate, and the internally-focused, confused passions of Versailles are now pitted against a shrewd adversary. Both are worth reading and thinking about. Kosovo Our national policy towards Kosovo is feeble. Use all the force necessary, and do not apologize for going in big if that is what it takes.
Decisive force ends wars quickly and in the long run saves lives.
A bombing campaign by itself is not decisive force. The President and his advisors should learn from history. We're not going to win anything by air power alone. The Serbs are not going to stop their offensive merely because we are bombing them. It will only harden their resolve and encourage them to increase the tempo of their operations in order to complete their subjugation of Kosovo before NATO finally realizes it must commit ground troops if it is to do any good.