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Even so, Clinton has moved some distance toward the strong U.S. involvement that all sides believe is the key to any settlement of the war. He has not so much led as let himself be led -- by French pressure and his own more hawkish advisers. Given his months of pledges and backdowns, he has hardly prepared the country to invest in Bosnia. But a President whose discomfort with security issues is physically visible and whose foreign policy had seemed to be dominated by a fear of body bags has now placed himself and the country in a position of risk...
...biggest question is what kind of final settlement the new Western policy is aiming at. Clinton's aides say it is the U.S. pledge to participate vigorously in negotiations, as much as the ultimatum, that distinguishes this initiative from earlier ones. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake insists "this is not an effort to impose a settlement on the Bosnians. It is an effort to work with them to ((decide on)) realistic terms...
...Serbs, and that would mean a long ground war ! that nobody wants -- least of all Bill Clinton. He tempered his support of the air-strike ultimatum by repeating his promise not to put U.S. ground troops into Bosnia, except maybe, eventually, to help enforce a formal peace settlement. So the question comes down, crudely, to the terms of Bosnia's eventual partition into ethnic states, and whether the Muslims will get enough territory to have a fair chance of independent survival...
Under the settlement adopted last weekend, Harding dropped her lawsuit and the U.S.O.C. agreed to allow her to skate in the Olympics next week. The Committee also canceled an administrative hearing which had been called for the purpose of questioning Harding about the attack...
...ideal result of this combined strategy would be quick Serb decision to agree to a palatable settlement that leaves a viable Bosnian state. And if the Serbs do decide to fight, the Bosnians will have the ability to fight back...