[kronos77]

Ping!

[BaylorDad]

NATO commanders are now contemplating certain unfavorable scenarios that no one wanted to talk about 8 years ago when the war plans were still on the table and an exit strategy could have been forged.

And exactly when did Clinton say the troops would be home?

[iopscusa]

Great find kronos...here is imo the point of this article:
If Kosovo is to be supported by the US and the EU in its bid for independence, then both partners better be ready to commit for the long run. This seems unlikely with Iraq and Afghanistan draining the national morale of the only partner left in the Coalition of the Willing, so it is just as unlikely that Kosovo will survive as a separate. The last parallel can perhaps already be guessed: out in the darkness, beyond the eastern frontier, lies an oil-rich Russia with close ties to Serbia, and just like the Soviet Union became Germany’s first ally in 1922, it may be that Kosovo- like Poland- could cost the West’s shortsightedness more than was bargained for when the first war began in 1999.