Smith, who has opposed U.S. military involvement in Kosovo, stated, The Administration began bombing Kosovo to attempt to fix the internal problems of a sovereign state. American troops will now enter this country, not as peacekeepers, but as peace enforcers.
Peacekeepers are there to assist the transition to stability.
Peace enforcers are there as policemen, to separate two parties that want nothing more than to fight it out, Smith stated. American forces are going to be tied down in Kosovo for a long, long time. We attacked a sovereign nation, in midst of a civil war. We attacked without a declaration of war. We turned NATO from a defensive alliance into an offensive force, continued Smith.