Blair and his "key role" in NATO bombing
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stated that he played a key role in NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999.
Thursday, 02.09.2010.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has stated that he played a key role in NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Blair said that he insisted on a military solution to the point where it out a lot of pressure on his personal relationship with then U.S. President Bill Clinton. Blair and his "key role" in NATO bombing His book titled “A Journey” contains a 30-page chapter “Kosovo”, where he described his role in the NATO bombing of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which he said came because of “ethnic cleansing”, the BBC reported. In Blair's opinion, he played a key role in the military intervention. He also wrote that he did not have a big support while advocating a military solution for the Kosovo crisis. He persuaded Clinton to take part in aerial bombardments even though Americans were reluctant, as it was hard to sell the story to the domestic public, since unlike in Afghanistan and Iraq, it was hard to see what direct American interests were in Kosovo. Blair also writes that Clinton criticized him for allegations in the U.S. press that he was exerting pressure on the U.S. to accept sending ground troops to Kosovo if the aerial attacks failed but that he eventually agreed to it. His insistence on a military solution generally comes down to his already known position about the so-called humanitarian interventions, BBC says. The former PM writes that his main motive for advocating military solution was “anger over what was happening in Kosovo at the time”. “I saw it essentially as a moral issue. And that, in a sense, came to define my view on foreign and military intervention.” According to BBC, the former British PM is not sorry about any decision from that time. For example, he is sorry about the fact that NATO missiles hit "a civilian convoy" - but he did not specify which one. Blair also wrote that he was sorry that the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was hit during the bombing. He also admitted that the problems of the Balkans were solved but that the region, "which had been a synonym for instability for over a century", now at least had a chance for a better future", according to reports. Blair pointed out that Croatia had begun EU accession negotiations and that Slovenia was already a fully-fledged EU member. He did not mention Serbia and did not discuss the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.
Blair and his "key role" in NATO bombing
His book titled “A Journey” contains a 30-page chapter “Kosovo”, where he described his role in the NATO bombing of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which he said came because of “ethnic cleansing”, the BBC reported.In Blair's opinion, he played a key role in the military intervention. He also wrote that he did not have a big support while advocating a military solution for the Kosovo crisis.
He persuaded Clinton to take part in aerial bombardments even though Americans were reluctant, as it was hard to sell the story to the domestic public, since unlike in Afghanistan and Iraq, it was hard to see what direct American interests were in Kosovo.
Blair also writes that Clinton criticized him for allegations in the U.S. press that he was exerting pressure on the U.S. to accept sending ground troops to Kosovo if the aerial attacks failed but that he eventually agreed to it.
His insistence on a military solution generally comes down to his already known position about the so-called humanitarian interventions, BBC says.
The former PM writes that his main motive for advocating military solution was “anger over what was happening in Kosovo at the time”.
“I saw it essentially as a moral issue. And that, in a sense, came to define my view on foreign and military intervention.”
According to BBC, the former British PM is not sorry about any decision from that time. For example, he is sorry about the fact that NATO missiles hit "a civilian convoy" - but he did not specify which one.
Blair also wrote that he was sorry that the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was hit during the bombing.
He also admitted that the problems of the Balkans were solved but that the region, "which had been a synonym for instability for over a century", now at least had a chance for a better future", according to reports.
Blair pointed out that Croatia had begun EU accession negotiations and that Slovenia was already a fully-fledged EU member.
He did not mention Serbia and did not discuss the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.
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