When it comes to Yugoslavia, some of the most liberal Democrats in Washington have evolved from doves to backers of military intervention.
Many Republican hawks oppose it.
That's topsy-turvy from the way many lawmakers aligned in early 1991 on whether to give Republican President Bush authority to use force in the Gulf War. For instance, Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., who opposed force in the Persian Gulf and is one of the most liberal senators, now is supporting President Clinton and NATO air attacks in the Balkans. We cannot stand idly by. Stevens at that time was busy urging fellow senators then to support the use of force, pointing to published reports of Iraqi human-rights violations. Kerry, who like Wellstone voted in 1991 against the Gulf War, now backs air strikes against Yugoslavia.