There was window of opportunity for the US to establish harmonious relations with Russia for the foreseeable future and perhaps even strengthen the birth of a true democracy there. Instead Clinton went to war with Serbia, which was not a threat to Americans or American interests, instead of working out a solution to the problem in co-operation with Russia. Clinton then made things much worse by stripping off Kosovo from Serbia. Kosovo to the Serbians, besides being part of their country for 700 years, is like Alamo to Americans. It was the scene of their greatest battle against the Turks, a very emotional term expressing their entire national identity. So far, so bad. Then Kosovo declares independence and Bush comes along and recognizes a phony state. That was a direct affront to Russia, and now you have a situation with there is bad blood which adversely effects diplomatic efforts all over the world, Georgia and Iran come to mind, not to mention possible trouble in Moldova or even Latin America.
Note: You never mention Milosevic...I wonder why?
Yep, Clinton sided with Bin Laudens buddies in the KLA.
I agree with all of your post except establishing harmonious relations with Russia and a true democracy happening there. That wasn’t going to happen no matter what the rest of the world does. Our mistake was to ever trust them and let our guard down. The invasion of Georgia made that clear.