Emaciated prisoners, cattle car deportations, genocide. This summer, starting with a Newsday expose (8/2/92) based on the testimonies of two Bosnian Muslims, an extraordinary flood of emotionally charged words and pictures led the evening news, made the covers of Time and Newsweek, and dominated political commentary. From Bill Clinton to Margaret Thatcher, Anthony Lewis to Jeanne Kirkpatrick, calls to action--and to arms--gained momentum and a sense of moral imperative. As a Washington Post editorial argued ("And Now, Death Camps," 8/5/92), the Serbs' "Nazi-like war crimes" were the "clincher" in asserting the need to try "some sort of military option." "The [...]






