For ages we have bled for this land. If someone inside Serbia is to blame, we will deal with him. That is our work. An old man named Marinko pondered the cost. But it wasn't worth the price.
Several factors seem to have weakened the public's resolve.
Although the military has not disclosed its casualty figures, obituaries showed that NATO bombing was taking a toll. In Belgrade in recent days, talk was already turning to future hardships. People will go to their relatives in the country, to where the wood is. Only the rich with their own heating, and the very poor who have no place to go, will remain. A marketing expert said that people have already started dipping into their savings and stockpiling food.