Prevent genocide was the ostensible reason for US&#x2F;UN participation in the conflict. It&#x27;s pretty difficult to see a logical reason for the US secondary goals (stabilising the area, securing territories for certain groups, [indirectly] effecting regime change in Serbia) which they actually achieved outside the context of &quot;people are appealing to us to stop this genocide&quot;. The US doesn&#x27;t get much strategic benefit from being on relatively good terms with the Kosovars.