an hour agoClark: If Milosevic hadn't surrendered, we'd be in with ground troops
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Former General of NATO, Wesley Clark, has indicated that Americans were willing to join even with ground troops in Serbia if Slobodan Milosevic did not surrender. He says that at the official NATO summit this issue is never mentioned. “on NATO summits has never been mentioned on land intervention”, he said. But [...]
He says that at the official NATO summit this issue is never mentioned.
“on NATO summits has never been mentioned on land intervention”, he said.
But it shows that the plan existed and troops would be introduced by two neighbouring states of Serbia and Albania.
But we had the next plan for the bombing campaign not to go on forever. We were preparing a plan to introduce some ground bodies. Some would enter from Albania, some from Macedonia and some from Hungary. We would not stop until the surrender of Serbia or Yugoslavia. We would never stop unless Milosevic surrendered. I repeat, unless he gives up. The bad news was he didn't understand what he was facing. Hanging out with a drink in his house”, he says on the Open Show in Klan.
He also shows that some Serbs were happy that NATO had attacked the home of the former Serbian president charged with genocide.
“were told that some Serbs were pleased that NATO bombed Milosevic's” house, he concluded.
