"Stephen Harding" wrote in message
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BUFDRVR wrote:

It's easy. Don't forget why Irak has to be rebuilt. We didn't invade
Bosnia.

Military forces were "permitted" to enter Bosnia through an agreement,
Kosovo
and Macedonia as well. This doesn't change the fact that Europe
demanded US
involvement even though the situation in the former Republics of
Yugoslavia had
no impact on US national security. As a side note, ground forces were
deployed
under "peaceful" circumstances, but air forces bombed targets in Bosnia,
Kosovo
and Serbia, once again, with US forces making up the majority.

If it were up to me, I'd pull every US military member out of the
Balkans to
ease the Iraq burden. Europe doesn't want to help out in Iraq, fine we
can
ease our burden at their expense.

Totally agree!

It still really frosts me to hear a Euro complain that the US wasn't
willing
to put ground troops in the mix for Kosovo, thereby whimping out.

Yet did provide something like 90% of the air assets for the Kosovo
campaign,
which wouldn't have happened unless the US agreed to be involved.

All for interest that were nil for America.

We really are dumb schmucks!

And sending yet more troops.
One of the units in for training a month or so back is slated to
be sent to over next year.