Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Overwhelmingly, U.S. and European military experts warn against getting involved. Yugoslavia is almost custom designed to frustrate any peacekeeping, or peacemaking, force. The terrain is mountainous, perfect for ambushes and hit-and-run operations. Many of the irregulars are well trained and are skilled in guerrilla warfare. The weapons they would use against an intervening force are small, portable and abundant. Western analysts point out that the fathers and grandfathers of today's fighters tied down 30 Axis divisions for four years during World War II. The generals would prefer another Desert Storm: an obvious enemy, a clear military objective...
...deployment of multinational firepower be justified here and now when other peoples are also in mortal peril -- starving Somalis, say, or junta-persecuted Burmese? And if intrusion is justified, what force could conceivably sort out a vicious blood feud among hill folk who have helped write the book on guerrilla warfare...
...talking infantry battles. You're talking about classic, classic guerrilla country...
...make one important concession to convention when he hired two experienced handlers in early June to run his campaign. Ed Rollins had directed Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign, and Hamilton Jordan had managed Jimmy Carter's efforts in 1976 and '80. Their mission was to convert Perot's feisty guerrilla operation into a force capable of waging a general election campaign...
...Serbs. Some British sources estimate that would require at least 300,000 troops and up to a year of intense battle. "In the gulf war, the allies' high-tech stuff worked well," says Michael Dewar, deputy director of London's International Institute of Strategic Studies. But in mountain guerrilla warfare, "smart weapons are of little use. It would mean tough infantry combat from tree to tree...