When was this ever a 'point'? Not until we discovered that the number of deaths by ethnic cleansing were deemed completely erroneous did this idiotic cover-our-ass point ever mentioned.
The ONLY pre-empt, which was the original reason for bombing Bosnia, was to keep the Senate from carrying forth impeachment sentencing and allowing Clinton's sorry ass to remain in the White House.
He wanted to FOIL the impeachment effort. No blood for foil!
I don't recall any lefties denouncing Clinton because his search for mass graves didn't turn up what he said it would.