[Hoplite]

There is no rationale that justifies intervening in Serbia but not intervening in Rwanda, where 20 times as many people were killed.

A destabilized region around Rwanda doesn't affect American trade as much as the then destabilized and "soon to be even more destabilized by 1.6 million Kosovar Albanian refugees" Balkans Milosevic was making in 1999.

[thoughtomator]

So the argument is that we attacked Serbia for economic reasons? I don't recall that as having been part of the arguments made.

We intervened on falsified reports of Serbs engaging in widespread massacres.

[sobieski]

The Balkans are insignificant for American trade, or even East European trade for that matter. After all, when did you last see "made in Yugoslavia" or "made in Kosovo" on a product.