re: #178 Salamantis

While I don’t want to get into a slugfest, there is one strategic difference between Clinton’s Kosovo Campaign and Bush’s Iraq War. Clinton did not want to commit major ground forces so he authorized precision bombing. the Serbs were typicaly able to construct “tanks” out of plywood and bedsheets that were targeted by USAF munitions. It was determined after the conflict settled down that the air campaign had been largely ineffective. Only when ground troops occupied the land did things calm down.