Word: balkanize
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...setting was chosen, though, precisely to create such frustration, and out of it has come progress. Indeed, by week's end things had moved so far forward that all three Balkan Presidents were almost ready to take the step of actually signing a draft agreement. Almost. "We are inches away," said a frustrated U.S. official, just before the three Presidents, who had been repeatedly coaxed "to the edge''of the table, once again backed off. Their skittishness did not stem only from a concern that they may get a better deal; the "Rabin effect," as Dayton insiders call it, took...
Though the Clinton Administration is happy about the Bosnian Serbs signing on to the Balkan peace accord, TIME's Doug Waller reports that the Pentagon is concerned about the long term ability of Milosevic or Karadzic to maintain the peace. "Milosevic can deliver the votes from the senior leaders, but the question is whether they can deliver all the troops," says Waller. "There are a lot of Bosnian Serb soldiers under a very loose command structure. There are freelancers and plenty of just plain armed thugs. And that's a worry to the Pentagon." The other worry, Waller reports...
...Monday evening in an effort to garner public support for the military operation. "But he will have a high hurdle to jump," says Thompson, "given the length of time that we've allowed the slaughter to persist and the general lack of interest in the United States over the Balkan theater." Congressional hearings about the troop deployment are scheduled to begin next week...
...Balkan peace agreement, initialed by the Balkan presidents at an Air Force Base in Ohio, is the product of the work of Holbrooke and other members of the Clinton Administration, who worked tirelessly, endlessly, to stop the fighting, bring the parties together, and then bring them to an agreement...
...Monday evening in an effort to garner public support for the military operation. "But he will have a high hurdle to jump," says Thompson, "given the length of time that we've allowed the slaughter to persist and the general lack of interest in the United States over the Balkan theater." Congressional hearings about the troop deployment are scheduled to begin next week...