lapse just like Iraq. This conclusion was reached without looking at some key facts. Serbia has a much more extensive network of radars, SAMs, AAA, and bunkers than Iraq could dream of. The principle difference however is terrain and weather. Iraq is flat and dry, Serbia is very mountainous and rainy. This means it is much more difficult to find and destroy targets. It also means that the odds of losing aircraft in combat is much higher. This has caused some hesitation among NATO as losing pilots is not an attractive option. Because of this, NATO has gradually increased the power of their airstrikes, the range of targets hit, and the number of aircraft involved. This has accomplished little yet the costs have sky rocketed to over 600 million dollars. This could have been prevented and NATO could have struck a decisive blow to the Serbian army.NATO is a coalition of many different nations with many different goals. This often brings problems to their attention that the did not anticipate. The gradual increase in airpower had allowed Milosevic to hide anything he doesnt want NATO to see and has given his military, police, and para-military forces more time to continue their campaign of terror. This crisis in Kosovo has showed how decisive military action that is desperately needed can be overshadowed by political bickering. Instead of massing its resources and then striking a crippling blow to Serbia, NATO has chosen to steadily increase airpower and devote only a small percentage of its available airpower for tactical use on Serbian troops who are murdering innocent civilians. This flawed strategy has allowed Milosevic a very pleasing situation. He will hang on until his forces have driven out or killed all of the Islamic Kosovars and he will then bow to NATOs will. It seems that either way, Milosevic wins and it becomes apparent that the world community has not kept its promise to prevent a concentrated ethnic cleansing effort....
