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I want to quote on the ground troops because I think that is important. too. If only we would use ground troops. some hawks now respond. none of this would have happened and certainly the decision to go to war carelessly and in haste before amassing ground troops in Albania and Macedonia was a historic blunder. Ground troops would have proved a potent threat but even with the troops the war would have begun with days of air strikes and it would have been near impossible to invade Kosovo while hundred of thousands of refugees were swarming across its roads. bridges and mountain passes. Those today who still advocate the use of ground troops speak of its military benefits which are real. They do not. however. mention its costs. which are political.