Word: nato
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...sake of Sarajevo. Last Friday, in an extraordinary move, the House of Representatives voted to block Clinton from spending any money on the deployment of troops in Bosnia until both houses of Congress specifically authorize it. For peace to take hold in Bosnia, though, an American-led NATO force is probably essential. The coincidence last week of progress in the peace talks and Congress's reluctance to enforce a peace pointed up a grave dilemma: America must lead, but its people...
...NAFTA and GATT trade agreements through Congress, propped up the Middle East peace process, deployed forces to Haiti--with almost no casualties--and worked out a deal to halt North Korea's nuclear-weapons program. His Partnership for Peace program has bought time for everyone in Europe and NATO to adjust to the idea of NATO's expansion eastward, without provoking a breach with Moscow. European governments are also happy with Clinton's support for European integration--even if they are furious that the U.S. noisily vetoed their choice for NATO secretary-general earlier this month...
...just plain armed thugs. And that's a worry to the Pentagon." The other worry, Waller reports, is that President Clinton's belief that one year of peacekeeping will solidify the peace is unrealistic. "The U.S. military doesn't think that the Bosnian Serbs will take on the NATO force directly," says Waller. "You'll see the indirect stuff, sniping and terrorist attacks. But the Pentagon thinks the Serbs will abide the NATO presence through the winter months. It's snowing there. No one fights in the winter. The real test will come in the springtime when the snows thaw...
...week. "It's part of an enabling force that will set up shop near Tuzla, where the headquarters element of the U.S. sector will be," says Thompson. The military plan calls for an additional 18,000 American troops, mostly from the German-based 1st Armored Division, to supplement a NATO peacekeeping force of 40,000. But those Americans may not get their orders to embark, says Thompson. "The President has put himself into a nasty box by committing the country to this deployment without having asked the country." The White House announced today that President Clinton will address the nation...
...week. "It's part of an enabling force that will set up shop near Tuzla, where the headquarters element of the U.S. sector will be," says Thompson. The military plan calls for an additional 18,000 American troops, mostly from the German-based 1st Armored Division, to supplement a NATO peacekeeping force of 40,000. But those Americans may not get their orders to embark, says Thompson. "The President has put himself into a nasty box by committing the country to this deployment without having asked the country." The White House announced today that President Clinton will address the nation...