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...Serbia's President Slobodan Milosevic may dupe the international community, but the man who started the war cannot become a peacemaker overnight. Even if Milosevic is being honest about his new intentions of becoming a peace broker in the war, internal nationalist pressures, especially from the Serbian Orthodox Church, will eventually prevent any softening of his position. And just as Milosevic cannot change overnight, neither can genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia be remedied overnight. The inhuman wounds need time to heal. The solution to the region's problems requires, first and foremost, patience...
...imposition of sanctions has had a positive effect on the balance of power in the area. It is the only effective international mechanism and should not be traded away at any cost. Instead, sanctions should be given time to work. While keeping and even strengthening the sanctions against Serbia, the international community should help Croatia and the Croat-Muslim entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina refocus their energies and resources on economic development. Clearly the solution for the region is not with Belgrade. It rests in sanctions, assistance and, most of all, patience. MARIO NOBILO Permanent Representative to the United Nations...
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...
Lift the arms embargo on Croatia and Bosnia. Only an equity in weapons and force will draw the Serbs to the bargaining table. Moreover, the West must punish those responsible for atrocities; a lasting peace cannot be achieved unless those whose lives have been ripped apart by Serbia's rulers see justice done. It is long past time for the U.S. to take its stand as a world leader instead of a subordinate member of the U.N. Without American guidance and support to the democratic governments of Croatia and Bosnia, will peace ever come? ANDY DECKER Alexandria, Virginia...
Seldom have I read such a collection of lies and hypocritical nonsense as your interview with Serbia's President Milosevic [THE BALKANS, July 17]. The international community has a short memory. Milosevic and his allies, like Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, are definitely war criminals, all right. But Milosevic gets the undivided attention of the world press and the willing ear of Western politicians. FREDDY SULS Vorselaar, Belgium...