Bill Clinton: “We have to do--we have troops in Macedonia because we are determined not to have a Balkan war. That, after all, is how…”

“We have to do--we have troops in Macedonia because we are determined not to have a Balkan war. That, after all, is how World War I got started. We don't want this thing to spread across the Balkans, and I think all Americans would understand that. Mr. King. Do we have a moral obligation, Mr. Vice President, to these people? Moral, if not strategic? The Vice President. I think the world clearly has an interest in doing what is reasonable and necessary to stop an ethnically based conquering by one country of another. And our NATO allies have shown tremendous courage and fortitude in putting their troops there on the ground. We've chosen not to do that. They are closer to it. It is on the Continent of Europe. We've provided some support to them, but our allies are the ones that are there on the ground. And I think that that's the correct choice for them to make.”