Those plans concluded that up to 200,000 NATO troops might be needed if they had to fight their way into a hostile Yugoslavia to end the war. Solana noted the gravity of the Kosovo crisis as NATO leaders gathered amid tight security to commemorate its 50th birthday and renew its purpose in a post-Cold War world. At our summit tomorrow, we will demonstrate our alliance unity. The alliance will show that we will not be divided. Nor do we need to.
Time is our greatest ally.
As President Milosevic gets weaker with the passage of time. . . . Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon detailed some of the difficulties NATO troops would face if sent in to fight a ground war. Of course, they own this terrain. Milosevic and his family were not home at the time. U.S. law prohibits assassination of foreign leaders.