The late march on Kosovo.(US involvement in the NATO Yugoslavia conflict)

Economist (US), The, March, 1999

Bill Clinton knew that involvement in the Kosovo conflict might become necessary, but he withheld on preparing America until the eve of air strikes. Both Congress and the Senate have given provisional approval for the acts. American public opinion about involvement is mixed. Republicans may use American foreign policy blunders to their advantage in the next election.

WASHINGTON, DC

Both parties are divided, but ordinary Americans have stiffened up

LIKE the overgrown college kid he too often resembles, Bill Clinton plunged into the Kosovo battle as though he were cramming for exams. For months he had done his best to ignore this approaching test of his leadership, preparing neither public nor Congress for the possibility of war. Then, with the...

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