>I think many people felt that, reactively. The left interventionist
>position, with sanctions, peacekeeping troops, and if necessary,
>peace making ie offensive ground troops, was not a reactive position
>but was a proactive one.
>
>Not all situations can be changed, but I would have to put it to you
>and others that if you did not want a repetition of Bosnia and
>Srebenica, had you been in any position to influence the response of
>a western government, or to campaign in a western country, what
>would you have tried to do?
We've been over this a hundred thousand times. It's grown beyond tedious and is well on its way to the deadly.
Doug