In a letter sent late today to Senator Warner, Mr. Clinton warned that imposing an arbitrary deadline for withdrawal would also send a dangerous signal of uncertain American resolve to President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia before that country's elections scheduled for Sept. 24. Under the provision, Mr. Clinton's successor would be required to certify to Congress that Washington's European allies were meeting their commitments in Kosovo for reconstruction aid, police officers, food and medicines. Without that certification, the measure required that money be spent in Kosovo only for a withdrawal of American troops. Some of the contributions are from non-European countries. But many Congressional Republicans say the provision is essential to relieve the burden on American ground troops in Kosovo and pressure European countries to pay a larger share of the reconstruction and policing costs for Kosovo.
People are scattered all over the world, our readiness is down and our equipment is wearing out.
We have to have our allies do more. But Democrats echoed Mr. Cohen's dire warnings. The implosion of the Republican Party continues. Goes to show just how comitted Shrub is to the Constitution. I could have sworn that it was Congress, and not the President, that had the power and right to declare war.