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...argument is that it makes ethnic hatreds a cause rather than a symptom. In reality, the war in Bosnia, just like the war in Croatia, is a calculated effort by the Serb government to capture as much land as possible as a means of creating a Greater Serbia. The overwhelmingly Serbian Yugoslav Federal Army has lent soldiers, weapons, training and support to the so-called Bosnian Serbs...
Ethnic rivalries, which certainly do exist, have been manipulated and fanned by Serb leaders for several reasons: first, to consolidate domestic support in Serbia for the war, and second, to keep the West from intervening by making the conflict look insoluble. The ploy has worked admirably...
This argument cannot be proven wrong. Military predictions are always speculative. But the argument remains insufficient in several ways. Western military intervention would not aim at conquering land, but instead at two other goals: putting real pressure on Serbia to halt the fighting, and leveling the playing field if they still refuse. Air power would be the primary method. These are realistic goals with good prospects of success...
Realizing the fallacies of arguments against intervention will not, however, make the path clear for military intervention. Many problems remain. Most importantly, Russia appears unwilling to support any Security Council Resolution authorizing force against Serbia, its traditional ally. Britain also appears to have serious reservations because of worries over the safety of its peacekeeping troops...
...evacuation, thus far in vain. Despite a World Court ruling in Bosnia's favor against alleged aggression, and the debut slated this week of NATO warplanes to enforce what so far has been a meaningless ban on military flights above Bosnian territory, there remains scant international consensus to punish Serbia for refusing to recognize a peace plan in its neighbor's year-old civil war. One increasingly vocal holdout at the U.N.: Russia, which historically has maintained close ties to Serbia...