Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Time to Rule in a Ground Option in Libya
Michael Hirsh, National JournalIt's all bombing under the bridge now, but more than a decade ago President Clinton faced a crucial decision after a two-month NATO air campaign had failed to dislodge Serb autocrat Slobodan Milosevic from the besieged province of Kosovo. Would the U.S. president finally order a ground campaign, even though he had firmly ruled that out in the beginning? Clinton didn't have to in the end, but it was a closer-run thing than most people realize: just hours before Milosevic and the Serbs finally agreed to withdraw, the president had scheduled a meeting with his Joint Chiefs to mull a...
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