Later on several mass graves were discovered from various places in Bosnia. The NATO action in case of Kosovo has raised many important questions. Also, other questions also arise. Can other countries watch helplessly when a sovereign country is committing brutalities against its own people as the Serbs are doing in Kosovo. The answers to these questions will of course depend on ones own perspective and interests.
Some dilemmas do arise.
Some even allege that human rights are a western concept which is sought to be enforced on unwilling countries of the east. Iraq is facing repeated attacks on several grounds including violations of human rights of its own Kurd minority. The USA has, as if, taken the responsibility of policing the world. To be honest, there are no simple answers to the questions raised above nor for the dilemmas posed. The fact is that the powerful act to defend their own interests though they might mask them under the legitimacy of human rights or saving human lives.