We have fought two major wars in Europe. and in the 50 years since the end of World War I we have committed U.S. troops and resources to the defense of Europe and to the leadership of the NATO alliance. Because of our ties to Europehistorically and economicallyit is in our interest for NATO to be strong and it is in our interest to continue to lead NATO. That said. do the potential benefits of this mission outweigh the costs? There are many ambitiousI might say overly ambitious--goals laid out in the Dayton accords: The return of refugees. the negotiation of arms control agreements. the prosecution of war criminals. and the reconstruction of civil institutions. I am pessimistic about the prospects for realizing many of these nation building goals in the short term. Nonetheless.
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