But after nearly a month of war, no less obvious is the reality that NATO's strategy is failing. NATO's own credibility has been placed at risk. Accounting for this failure is not difficult. There is a disconnect between the means and end of policy. The military force being used is simply inadequate to the task.
Strategic bombing tends to lose impact over time as misery becomes a fact of life.
Tactical bombing of units and equipment advances slowly. Meanwhile, the people of Kosovo are increasingly vulnerable as international relief organizations have no access and Serbian authorities no interest in their plight. There's also the danger that Western solidarity will weaken. This inherent flaw in NATO's policy has produced two camps of critics. Each puts forth alternatives designed to narrow the gap between the means and ends of policy, although in fundamentally different ways.