Wendy Sherman: “I think we do need to focus on other options. One of those is to…”

On the recordApril 28, 1999

I think we do need to focus on other options. One of those is to train, though not necessarily arm, a force of Albanians perhaps independent of the KLA. Then when Milosevic reviews the situation, he will see that he is up not only against the most powerful air armada ever assembled, not only against a ragtag band of lightly armed KLA guerrillas, but also will soon be up against a force of heavily armed Albanians with tanks and heavy artillery willing to take casualties. We need to enlist the Russians in negotiating a settlement. I would suggest that that settlement would provide that 20 percent or so of Kosovo would be patrolled by a Russian peacekeeping force, and that some 80 percent would be patrolled by a NATO peacekeeping force.

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Wendy Sherman

Democratic · District of Columbia

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Discussing U.S. strategy and options regarding the conflict in Kosovo.

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Wendy Sherman: “I think we do need to focus on other options. One of those is to train, though not necessarily arm, a force of Albanians…”

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