Word: nato
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President Clinton went on national television to make his case for sending 20,000 U.S. troops to join the nato peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. The President said U.S. prestige in brokering the latest peace agreement was at stake and that a stable Bosnia was in America's national interest. Polls showed that a majority of the public was still waiting to be convinced. But on Capitol Hill, hostile skepticism melted into resignation as legislators acknowledged that the President had the constitutional authority to send the troops without their consent. Congress prepared to vote on a limited resolution of support, thereby...
...demonstration of the role America still plays in managing European security. After years of wavering from the promises of his 1992 election campaign, President Clinton made the decision in late July that the time had come for the war in Bosnia to end. Clinton stiffened the resolve of our NATO allies and launched Holbrooke's diplomatic mission into the heart of the war. Aided by Croatian military victories in early August and a powerful NATO air assault several weeks later, the American mission convinced the Serbs that time was finally working against them. The result was the Dayton conference where...
America and her European allies were essential in concluding the peace, and they will remain essential in making it last. NATO has drawn up plans for committing some 60,000 of its ground troops as Bosnian peacekeepers. The force's mission will be to supervise the provisions of the ceasefire and ensure that the combatants withdraw to established lines. Without an international presence on the ground, mutual distrust would in all likelihood lead to a breakdown in the fragile accord. The NATO force guarantees each side that the peace will be upheld and has the strength to enforce it should...
President Clinton has bravely risked his political future in committing at least 20,000 American troops to serve in the American-led NATO force. While the president will no doubt gain from a successful American mission in Bosnia, he risks far more should our forces become embroiled in a renewed conflict. That said, the risks to this mission are well worth it. Fighting in Bosnia destabilized many of the emerging democracies in the region; it threatened to embroil American allies, such as Greeece and Turkey, in a wider war; and it raised questions about the potency of international organizations such...
...conversation with Time Daily's Peter Meyer correspondent Alexandra Stiglmayer reports from Sarajevo that the people of the besieged city are still not ready to hope for permanent peace. Even though they look forward to the arrival of NATO troops, says Stiglmayer, they worry about what will happen after the soldiers leave. "The enmity between the Serbs and Muslims is deep," she says. The Serb demonstrations demanding autonomy in the city are a constant reminder of that fact. One piece of news which cheered the Bosnian Muslims of the city was the announcement by Senator Bob Dole that...