by Patrick J. Buchanan – May 28, 1999

Outwitted and defied by a crafty and ruthless Balkan dictator, NATO is now smashing a tiny country to retrieve its lost credibility, and restore a status quo ante that existed before it began this war.

The great issue now dividing the warring parties — Slobodan Milosevic wants UN peace keepers in Kosovo; NATO insists that the “international security force” contain its own troops as well.

Does having our way on this triviality justify an invasion by 100,000 American ground troops? Only wounded pride says yes.