NATO has been a stabilizing force for peace for 50 years. To pull the rug out from under it now at a time when a peace agreement has been brokered that will hopefully end a brutal 3year war filled with ethnic cleansing. rape. mass executions. and torture would be unconscionable. To scuttle the agreement now would throw the region back into the horrific morass of war. guaranteeing more civilian deaths. more refugees. more instability in Europe. and the very distinct possibility that the fighting will spread and soon ensnare other bordering nations. allies of the United States. into armed conflict with one another. Opponents of the Presidents policy are fond of delving into history to discuss centuries old animosities that exist between the warring factions in Bosnia. Let us not conveniently skip over. however. the lessons of World War I and what happens when one regional ethnic conflict. left unchecked. draws in other nations. which in turn brings still other nations to arms.
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