re europe vs muslim bosnians in article stk innf q suned zoo cs yale edu morris jay cs yale edu jay morris writes i also understand that the administration is planning to position troops in macedonia any reaction out there to this macedonia said yesterday it had neither requested or needs such forces this is sort of like sending the national guard to bel air when the riot is in south central obviously clinton is again trying to make policy for image purposes in america rather than to try to deal with the real problem and assume a share of responsibility for the problem he obviously didn t even consult with the macedonians he was just looking at the map of the former yugoslavia for the safest place to put american troops so he could say to the europeans hey look we have troops on the ground in the former yugoslavia too now let me bomb so i can make it look like i am doing something in the american media the problem is that the blue berets in bosnia are dead meat if clinton starts bombing but clinton doesn t have the courage to ask that the blue berets leave because then he becomes primarily responsible to the bosnian policy of the un and the allies clinton wants to have his cake and eat it too he wants to feel free to use american military power for the sake of domestic us politics and his domestic image but he doesn t want to assume the primary international leadership role in the un and among the allies like bush for all his faults did in the gulf war because with leadership comes responsibility and clinton seems to want to retain the europeans as scapegoats clinton wants to leave the europeans in charge and responsible but wants to freelance on the side and if his freelancing gets too hot he wants to be able to cut and run the american public may be easily fooled european leaders aren t gerald
