I remember during the Kosovo War, O'Reilly called for attacks on Serbian civilians which he justified on the grounds that the Serbs had democratically elected Milosevic and thus were responsible for his decisions.
Of course, Thomas Friedman felt the same way, so its not necessarily contained to the right.
Due to widespread draft resistance, an unwillingness to fight outside of local areas, and mass emigration out of the FRY, Milosevic was in many ways dependent on mercenaries, common criminals, and soccer hooligans like Arkan and his "tigers," Captain Dragan, and others.
The effort Libya serves as further evidence of Santayana's famous aphorism on history. During Operation Allied Force, Clinton weakened his ability to prosecute the war by publicly removing the ground troops option in order to secure the acquiescence of weak-willed Congress members and NATO, planned for a limited campaign of a few days, refused to properly arm and equip the on- the- ground resistance (KLA), and ultimately failed to flat out fight the war. The situation turned out okay, despite the limited damage inflicted on the FRY (Serb) forces in Kosovo, because ultimately NATO was seeking only to end Milosevic's authority over a small portion of the state he ran, Milosevic had the option to retreat and maintain power. In contrast, Qaddafi has no where to go and we're trying to end his reign over the entire nation.
I remember during the Kosovo War, O'Reilly called for attacks on Serbian civilians which he justified on the grounds that the Serbs had democratically elected Milosevic and thus were responsible for his decisions.
Of course, Thomas Friedman felt the same way, so its not necessarily contained to the right.
Due to widespread draft resistance, an unwillingness to fight outside of local areas, and mass emigration out of the FRY, Milosevic was in many ways dependent on mercenaries, common criminals, and soccer hooligans like Arkan and his "tigers," Captain Dragan, and others.
The effort Libya serves as further evidence of Santayana's famous aphorism on history. During Operation Allied Force, Clinton weakened his ability to prosecute the war by publicly removing the ground troops option in order to secure the acquiescence of weak-willed Congress members and NATO, planned for a limited campaign of a few days, refused to properly arm and equip the on- the- ground resistance (KLA), and ultimately failed to flat out fight the war. The situation turned out okay, despite the limited damage inflicted on the FRY (Serb) forces in Kosovo, because ultimately NATO was seeking only to end Milosevic's authority over a small portion of the state he ran, Milosevic had the option to retreat and maintain power. In contrast, Qaddafi has no where to go and we're trying to end his reign over the entire nation.
So, here were are.