According to a report in Friday's New York Times, NATO bombs were meant to demoralize and cripple Yugoslavia's military. Instead, Slobodan Milosevic's army is invigorated and the bombing has helped him restore relations with his officer corps.
Recruitment is up and senior military officers face a challenge they feel is legitimate.
The military doesn't expect to defeat NATO, but is ready with plans for prolonging the conflict while exacting the heaviest toll possible on NATO forces. NATO jets struck early on Saturday across Yugoslavia. Meanwhile, the European Union's ban on oil shipments to Yugoslavia took effect today, the latest measure to deny Yugoslav forces the use of fuel in the Kosovo conflict. The United States on Friday rejected new Yugoslavian conditions for resolving the Kosovo conflict, saying they fell short of NATOs demands for ending its air war. Hawley also noted that the deployment of more combat aircraft to Yugoslavia leaves the Air Force with much less experienced crews in other places.