Word: nato
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these recent developments can--and should--be blamed in part on poor foreign policy, but a call for a new diplomatic and strategic leadership from the U.S. has not materialized. We can no longer afford to waffle on such issues as the expansion of NATO and our military commitment to United Nations missions. We are indeed, as the Republican Senate warns, the solitary possessors of superpower status in the post-Cold War era, and we must live up to that status...
...first they would have to be launched. NATO can make all the plans and decisions it wants, but as long as it affirms that the military operation in Bosnia is dedicated to peacekeeping under the authority of the U.N., then nothing can happen without the U.N.'s approval, and nothing can happen that is not in accordance with various U.N. resolutions regarding Bosnia. Air strikes, for example, have been subject to what was called the dual-key system: U.N. military commanders have had to ask for NATO warplanes to hit a specific target, and U.N. civilian representatives have...
...allied quandary and bankruptcy of policy in Bosnia have one root cause: the refusal to risk allied soldiers for the stated U.N. and NATO missions [THE BALKANS, July 17]. The overriding priority is to keep our troops out of harm's way. If translated to the police department, this priority would mean keeping police officers out of high-crime areas. TED KRAMER Ames, Iowa Via E-mail...
There must be no more U.N. veto of NATO military actions. The Serb military-industrial infrastructure in both Serbia and Serb-held Bosnia must be destroyed, which will prevent Serbia from furnishing weapons and fuel to proxies in Bosnia. The arming of Bosnia must occur, with logistical support from Western powers. To continue with empty talk just buys Serbia time to implement its fascist agenda. GORDON HAWLEY Ottawa...
Threats against the Balkan fighting cocks will make things worse. We in the West have not the will, the manpower nor the sense to stop those at war in the region. Can anybody defend the actions taken by the Balkan warlords or the useless talk by NATO members and the U.N.? Can't we shame those "leaders" into behaving like humans? ROLF JAMES Toronto...