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...wasn't peace alone that won the Serbs' support. They are convinced the plan can be reconciled with their own self-determination. For some parts of Bosnia, that might mean virtual union with Serbia. Since the Croats have similar designs for the three provinces designated for their control, all of which conveniently abut Croatia itself, Muslims, Bosnia's largest ethnic group, justifiably fear a squeeze. Talks resumed in Geneva on Saturday, but the fighting is sure to outpace the talking...
...million refugees are homeless, and Bosnian Serbs hold 70% of the republic. An internationally sanctioned accord now would reward the Serbs, who make up only 31% of the Bosnian population, for their aggression. Milosevic would then be another de facto step closer to his dream of creating a Greater Serbia in the former Yugoslavia...
...attempt to "cleanse" Kosovo of its population by violence or intimidation would put Serbia and Albania at each other's throats. At that point, either Greece or Turkey could enter the fray, quickly provoking the other to join the opposing side. Then large-scale Western intervention would be a matter not of debate, but of necessity...
Dividing Bosnia into ethnic sections may very well be the only possible short-term solution. But the aggressors must pay. The weaponry of both the Bosnian Serbs and Serbia must be confiscated and destroyed, either by agreement or by force. The Bosnian Muslims should be armed sufficiently to defend themselves from any future attacks...
Without this type of harsh penalty on the aggressors, Serbia will continue to use the same methods in other disputed areas, with horrible consequences for all of Europe. Milosevic needs to know that aggression has a price, and Vance and Owen seem incapable of teaching him. They have earned a large part of the blame for both the recent bloodshed and the bloodshed that is likely to come...