[Torie]

The downside is higher civilian casualties. Fewer troops means more use of heavy fire power I would think, and that means more killing of human shields.

[Burkeman1]

Can I ask a question? Where was the media's concern about civilian casualties during Clarke's war on Serbia? We bombed a country fighting a muslem terrorist group for 78 days and killed anywhere between 500 to 3000 civilians depending on who you believe. But not only that we took out their water, electricity, and civilian infrastructure and caused thousands of deaths as a result. Where were the "peace" protestors? Where was Susan Sarandon? Since General's Clarke war almost all Serbs, Gypsies, Turks, and other ethnic groups hhave been driven out of Kosovo and reside in squalid refugee camps. No media outcry about that? Milosevic was the "Hitler" then and the media bought and swallowed it. Anyone else remember the cheerleading of the media during that war? It was shameful. It was the first war I had ever seen the networks actually support. But hey- Clinton was President. Doesn't that just tell all?