Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...face of Milosevic's protestations for peace and make it clear that, at least for the foreseeable future, it will be impossible for the Kosovar Albanians to live safely under Yugoslav control. An autonomous Kosovo will require the protection of an international force; even if the current conflict remains air-based, some type of ground forces, U.S. or otherwise, must eventually become involved after the fighting has ceased...
...name of tolerance, he saw no religious or moral conflict in presiding over the commitment ceremony of two Jewish lesbians--Adams alumnae--who could find no area rabbi to officiate...
...McCain's positions were lauded as statesmanlike and presidential, and moved to sound more forceful himself. In East Texas on an Easter bass-fishing holiday, Bush told TIME that he would support the use of ground troops if the military believed they were necessary in order to win the conflict. NATO's success and credibility were crucial to U.S. interests, he argued. He resisted taking swipes at Clinton. "It's easy to second-guess the Administration," Bush said. "The question is what do we do next. America must be careful to commit our military. But when...
...shocked to discover, is not a video game. Seduced by the antiseptic green glimmers of smart bombs and high-altitude jet jockeys flickering across TV screens, we'd come to consider international conflict little more than the quick thrill of bloodless lightning victories. This war is not like that. This war is the ruthless reduction of Kosovo: mass expulsion, killing, burned villages, the obliteration of a people's identity. This war is American soldiers--Staff Sergeant Andrew Ramirez, Staff Sergeant Christopher Stone, Specialist 4 Steven Gonzales--captured, humiliated, perhaps tried, perhaps killed. This war is sophisticated supertech airplanes dropping tons...
...Before a conflict, the military's job is to plan for the worst case. Yet obviously the minds behind Operation Allied Force didn't really think it would be as bad as this. After more than a week of NATO air raids, Kosovo was still hemorrhaging victims of horror. Ordered out of their homes at gunpoint, often separated from husbands and sons, ethnic Albanian women, children and old people were marched, bused, packed into trains. As the long columns stumbled into neighboring states, Serb soldiers stripped the refugees of passports, identity papers, even license plates to eradicate any trace...