But I certainly expected that we would hit him with enough firepower so that among the first targets bombed would be those Serbian forces. Instead. they encountered almost no resistance as they emptied Kosovo of its inhabitants. destroyed their homes. and achieved complete control over Kosovo in a matter of daysthe very result we had sought to prevent. Now his soldiers are hiding in the villages and rugged terrain of Kosovo. and we are facing the far more difficult. dangerous and costly challenge of forcing them to withdraw and creating a safe environment for the refugees to return and rebuild their lives. Despite claims by NATO and Pentagon officials that they predicted everything. the United States and the rest of NATO were clearly unprepared for the debacle that has unfolded. I suspect historians may not look kindly on the Administration officials who did not have a contingency plan if Milosevic refused to back down after a few days or weeks of NATO bombing. who seem to have no strategy except more bombing. and who apparently selected their targets by committee.
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