It was not the bombing alone that brought Mr Milosevic to sign the deal. It was the Kosovo Liberation Army's offensive that forced Yugoslav troops out of their hiding places. As they organised themselves to combat the KLA they became easy targets for Nato warplanes. Or at least that's what the analysts are telling us today. The problem is not the analysis but the arrogance with which it is written.
Leader writers love black and white, polar opposites, triumphant successes and humiliating defeat.
And so they continue. It took a large sledgehammer to crack a really small nut. But while the commentators may not have learned their lessons, they say that the political and military establishment has. The politicians and military leaders don't want to go through this again. It's been terribly difficult.