Originally Posted by
Fitter2
admikar
My history is a bit vague here - was the intervention in the post-Yugoslavian civil wars not under the auspices of the UN? The 'West' may have some issues with the talking shop in New York, but we do step up when the world asks us to.
Unlike the UN authorized intervention in admikar's declared country of residence, Operation Allied Force/Nobel Anvil was a 'Humanitarian Intervention' by NATO alone as it was clear Russia and probably China would veto any resolution for action against Milosevic for refusing to sign the Rambouillet accords. Although they appear to some to have been drafted with the intention of making them unsignable they were very mild compared with Putin's demands on Ukraine. One assumes that NATO did so in the firm belief Russian support for Milosevic would be only words not active force.
I'll switch to passive mode for the time being in expectation of ARMs.