It is too early to tell if the NATO air strikes against Serbia now underway will have the desired effect of forcing Serbian president Slobodan Milosovic to call off his war against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
Success demands the latter.
Unfortunately up to now, the Clinton administration has preferred the former-the theatrical use of force that has little effect other than to encourage further aggression on the part of a Milosovic or a Saddam Hussein. The current crisis in Kosovo cannot be understood in a vacuum. It must be examined within a broader strategic context. Such an examination does not encourage optimism. The Clinton administration's foreign policy and grand strategy can be faulted on a number of accounts.