In other words, KLA bullets on the ground had more military impact than thousands of bombs from the air. On your way, morality. Of the three Kosovan wars, the true losers of the first, the air war, are neither Nato nor Mr Milosevic, but those now being unearthed from the fields of Kosovo. Two British corpses were added on Monday. The Serbs at least mapped their minefields.
Cluster bombs lay mines at random.
No British Army should use them. The second war, the conquest of Kosovo by Nato ground troops, has been dilatory, messy but successful. Most analysts now agree that success was due to Mr Milosevic deciding to withdraw his army in the face of two pressures. The first was a clear warning from the European envoy, Martti Ahtisaari, that Nato had changed its mind and a British-led invasion of Kosovo was imminent, with American support. Whether or not this was bluff, Mr Milosevic believed it.