In conclusion. the American people have shown their willingness to commit their treasure and more importantly the lives of our sons and daughters to preventing atrocity. ameliorating tragedy. If we realistically define our objectives and if we prepare to use all of the tools at our disposal. we may secure a reasonable life for the Kosovars. and just as important we may inspire the American people to use limited realistic efforts to try to stop the ongoing atrocities in Sudan and Myanmar. in the Congo and East Timor and elsewhere. If instead we fail. if we devote inadequate resources to a pristine. perfect. nocompromise objective and fail to achieve it. then this is going to be a tragedy. first for those servicemen and women who die in an unsuccessful American effort. [] 1845 More importantly perhaps even than that. it will be a tragedy for the Kosovars who will be told that well. we tried. but we did not use all of the options and we are too idealistic to make compromises. and so you will live your life here in a refugee camp. Finally. if we use inadequate resources to try to achieve the absolute objective. it will be a tragedy for victims of atrocities around the world. both today and whatever atrocities are committed in the decades to come. by tyrants who at that time would know that America had tried in Kosovo unsuccessfully. It will be a while before the administration is looking for new alternatives.