“when we started hitting schools and bridges to ‘bring Serbia to its knees’.”
Bridges are legitimate targets.
Knowing many pilots that flew missions there, they never were tasked to hit schools or other protected sites. To be ordered to would be a violation of LOAC and they would be in prison. And they have to know what they are dropping on so the weaponeers can select the proper ordnance to be loaded.
So, “hits” on schools and such were the result of all those SAM missiles being fired (from civilian population centers) at our aircraft, missing, and coming back to earth (where did they think their missiles would come down. . .Minneapolis?)
“Bridges are legitimate targets.”
Sorry, but I have trouble delineating ‘legitimate targets’ from other targets during an ILLEGITIMATE WAR. If someone can point to a SINGLE INSTANCE of where Serbia attacked us, or even threatened us, I might change my mind.
We had no GODDAM BUSINESS there, and if SAMs were fired, that was OUR FAULT for being there in the first place.
The Clinton Administration can go to hell.