And everywhere I could see down there, I could see the spring planting coming up. They will have a bumper crop in Bosnia this harvest time. That's very important, because we want the people there to have an equity in sustaining the peace. The way they get that equity is to see a future for themselves. We still have six months to go.
Many challenges remain.
In fact, in many ways I believe the next few months are going to be the most difficult we have had since we have gone into Bosnia. The reason for that is that the civil aspects of the Dayton agreement call for actions over the next few months which inevitably are going to cause turbulence in the country. The key to success during the second half of this year, the second half of the IFOR mission, is force protection. During my visit to Bosnia I spent most of my time focusing on what we are doing for force protection. In Bosnia today, just as people criticize us for going in too heavy, now they are also criticizing us for being too careful.