 | United States. President - Presidents - 1994 - 1172 pages
...step: to save the lives of innocent civilians in Kosovo from a brutal military offensive; to defuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded twice before in this century with catastrophicresults; to prevent a wider war we would have to confront later, only at far greater risk... | |
 | Richard A. Melanson - History - 2000 - 356 pages
...We act to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive. We act to prevent a wider war; to diffuse a powder keg at...before in this century with catastrophic results. And we act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now we are upholding our values, protecting... | |
 | Anthony DiFilippo - History - 2002 - 300 pages
...We act to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive. We act to prevent a wider war, to diffuse a powder keg at...before in this century with catastrophic results. And we act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now, we are upholding our values, protecting... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - History - 2000 - 512 pages
...innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive. We act to prevent a wider war; to diffusea powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded...before in this century with catastrophic results. And we act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now we are upholding our values, protecting... | |
 | Peter Ronayne - History - 2001 - 248 pages
...with air strikes against Serbian forces. . . . We act to protect thousands of people. . . . We act to prevent a wider war; to diffuse a powder keg at...Europe that has exploded twice before in this century and with catastrophic results. And we act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now... | |
 | Donald Edwin Nuechterlein - Political Science - 2001 - 340 pages
...people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive. We act to prevent a wider war, to diffuse [sic] a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded twice before in this century with catastrophic resuits. And we act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now we are upholding our values,... | |
 | Robert C. DiPrizio - History - 2002 - 260 pages
...innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive. We act to prevent a wider war, to defuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded...before in this century with catastrophic results. We act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now, we are upholding our values, protecting... | |
 | William Shawcross - History - 2002 - 449 pages
...vacation. His sense of history was uncertain. He declared: "We act to prevent a wider war, to defuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded...before in this century with catastrophic results." In fact, Kosovo had scant connection with the outbreak of the First World War and none with the Second,... | |
 | Sean D. Murphy - Law - 2003 - 546 pages
...innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive. We act to prevent a wider war, to defuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded...before in this century with catastrophic results. And we act to stand united with our allies for peace. By acting now, we are upholding our values, protecting... | |
 | Andre Gerolymatos - History - 2008 - 320 pages
...policy on the day the NATO bombing commenced by stating: "We act to prevent a wider war, to defuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded twice before in this century with catastrophic results."21 To some degree, the Balkans have not been able to shed the war fatigue of the past. After... | |
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We act to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive. We act to prevent a wider war; to diffuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe that has exploded twice before in this century with catastrophic results. 
