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  • NATO bombing over Kosovo 'right thing to do': says US envoy Holbrooke

    03/21/2009 9:17:56 PM PDT · by Ravnagora · 35 replies · 1,150+ views
    Google News ^ | March 21, 2009 | AFP
    BRUSSELS (AFP) — US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke said Saturday that NATO's air attack on former Yugoslavia a decade ago was "the right thing to do" and had improved the lives of Kosovo Albanians and Serbs. Speaking at the Brussels Forum conference, Holbrooke -- former envoy to the Balkans -- recalled how 10 years ago this week he had given the final ultimatum to former strongman Slobodan Milosevic to comply or face air strikes. "I look back on it and I think that sometimes it's necessary to use force, and the result was good in the end," the new US representative...