Milosevic has carefully calibrated his defiance of the rest of the world. He knows. or at least thinks he knows. what it would take to trigger a forceful response to his actions. and he stays just short of that threshold. The terrible consequences of his determination. and the worlds forbearance. are clear to see in the faces of the refugees in Kosovo and hear in the silence left by the suppressed voices of his domestic opposition in Serbia. Just as in Bosnia. the international community. represented by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. has gone to Milosevic in Belgrade. looking for peace in Kosovo. Once again. we have made Milosevic the indispensable man. and thereby encouraged him to remain difficult. at a level that requires our constant attention.
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