> > But that is really a bad news. Since military and political egos are at stake and few "reality checks" exist - the current course of action will escalate until a major disaster brings them into a halt. That means that your conclusion > >So sure, bombing isn't helping Kosovars. But at this point, a ceasefire might not help them either. You help them by protecting them, which means ground troops. > > is a non-sequitur. Things can get much much worse, perhaps not for Kosovars (since they've already hit the rock bottom), but for other peoples in the region. > One consideration is that it should be up to Kosovars whether their situation can get worse or not, and what to do about it. Since we don't have much idea of what they want, my response is simply that the situation is fluid and what might persist as an interminable, utterly useless, Iraqi-type bombing campaign might instead deviate into a plausible rescue/relief effort. My hunch is that at this point, Kosovars are clinging to the latter belief, so I feel obliged to cling along with them. mbs
