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Almost from the beginning of the conflict, though, the U.S. had taken a different approach--at least rhetorically--from that of its European allies. Both the Clinton and Bush administrations were more willing to label the Serbs as the aggressors, both were more supportive of arming the besieged Bosnian Muslims and both were more willing to consider military action on their behalf. These sentiments led to little action because of European opposition, but at least they were there...
...going on there at the present time." Panetta speaks as if all the parties were equal, as if the victim were as responsible for the war as the aggressor. Defense Secretary William Perry joined the chorus, saying that the Serbs had already won--this only a week after the Bosnian force gained ground. Seeing the American turnabout, negotiators are now revising peace proposals to ward the Serbs even more land. After all, with the U.S. now on the side of appeasement rather than the side of the Bosnians, there can be little hope that help will arrive from the outside...
While the Clinton administration openly sympathizes with the Bosnian Muslims, it has repeatedly shield away from taking prudent and honorable steps to support them against Serbian rebels. Rather than assuming its leadership role in NATO, the administration has justified its own cowardice by the intransigence of its European allies...
Mediators negotiated furiouslywith the Bosnian government in Sarajevo today, struggling to patch together a peaceful resolution while the brutal war seemed to be ending as a resounding Serb victory. Diplomats pushed the existing peace plan, which would force the victors into retreat, although U.N. officials acknowledged that they had no leverage to make the Serbs comply. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary William Perry today suggested for the first time that one way out of the morass would be the formation of a "Greater Serbia" with ties between the Bosnian Serbs and Serbia -- a reversal of past initiatives that insisted on retaining Bosnia...
Rolling back most of the gains made by the Bosnian army in recent weeks, Bosnian Serbs pressed into the northwestern enclave of Bihac. The Serbs launched assaults from the north, east and west, prompting Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic to appeal to the United Nations and NATO for help. Key to the assault were Serbian jets from Croatia that bombed Bihac itself and another town, Cazin...