There is a tacit admission now that the bombing is disastrous. It has strengthened Milosevic, encouraged his brutality, killed a lot of people, crippled neighbouring economies and begun an environmental catastrophe. So it is ignored and a land war is demanded. Our government is accused of not wanting British soldiers to get killed. That is what British soldiers are for, some argue.
Young men know the risks when they join up.
They could be columnists, for heaven sake. It's not difficult. Fighting, you see, is for stupid poor people. Gone are the days when poets and journalists gave it a try. It is an expendable person's occupation.