Originally Posted by
West Coast
FDR
Well other than Libya, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia. That's a pretty stunning oversight of the history of NATO. Perhaps it's just a reflection of me getting older, but those were all fairly recent and would certainly jump out at me if I was going to make a claim such as you did.
It's absolutely the case that bombing Bosnia had no UN authority, but, right or wrong ( and correct me if I'm wrong) the decision was taken collectively. This one wasn't.
At the time I thought that use of Air Power, was being seen as an option to a negotiated settlement, probably propped up by it's success in GW1. It does make me wonder if it's been oversold again.