If only it were that simple in Yugoslavia, but it wasn't. Neither Bosnia nor Kosovo had ever been "countries". Croatia had a history of genocide against the many Serbs living their (who had been there for centuries).
It wasn't as easy as drawing lines with a pen and saying "poof, you are independent". Virtually all of the animosity between people in the Balkans can easily be attributed to foreign meddling and internationals "redrawing borders" over the centuries.
Fact is that if we really wanted "peace" and not just a predetermined outcome, we should have never got involved there at all. Instead, we are still in Bosnia, propping up some phony country ten years later, and we are still in Kosovo and will be for the foreseeable future, do the same. What a waste of time resources, and manpower!
Sure it wouldn't have been easy.. but it couldn't have been as bad as what happened.
Fact is that if we really wanted "peace" and not just a predetermined outcome, we should have never got involved there at all. Instead, we are still in Bosnia, propping up some phony country ten years later, and we are still in Kosovo and will be for the foreseeable future, do the same. What a waste of time resources, and manpower!
I'm fine with that.