Common sense is offended by statements that the United States itself is threatened by a despicable tinhorn like Milosevic. If any countries are threatened, it is our European allies. And you do not have to be von Clausewitz to know that Great Britain and the rest would not be attacking Yugoslavia without American leadership and our bankroll. The Kosovo Liberation Army is a bunch of thugs, though perhaps not quite as experienced as the Serbian rulers. What the KLA wants is its own country, an American protectorate.
Truth is the first casualty in war.
I do not believe what I hear from various military spokesmen. They are morale officers. But, sadly, we will not know that the Patriot missiles or something else did not work the way we were told they worked until it is too late to do anything about it. Yes, it is possible that millions of tons of explosives can force Milosevic and the Serbs to back down, but we will have to stay there, on the ground, to keep them down. They will hate us, and the minute we leave, the killing will resume.