The support was not forthcoming. Those factors must be balanced against the slowness of the response. It was a Catch-22 situation to some extent. Initial criticism led to withholding of funds and an amazing situation where we had to keep appealing for humanitarian funds during a conflict when governments had spent billions on military hardware. Governments see bilateral programs serving national interests more effectively.
Donors have many voices.
Those are inherent dilemmas which have to come out in the open. The current situation cannot continue. On the humanitarian level we have handled more difficult situations. But once NATO launched its first military action ever, the stakes were fantastically high politically and it was no longer business as usual. Humanitarian agencies are likely to get crushed when elephants of that size are unleashed and we are convenient scapegoats when things go wrong.