The Special Relationship Page #7

What happens in one part of europe

affects every other part.

And there is only one place to be

and that's in the thick of it,

trying to sort it out.

following a further

upsurge in violence,

the un security council

issued a resolution

demanding an end to serbian

action in kosovo

and putting 500 aircraft

under wesley clark,

nato's supreme commander.

Faced with the threat of

a unified nato,

slobodan milosevic has

backed down.

president clinton's personal

envoy, richard holbrook,

has negotiated a ceasefire with

the yugoslav president

who has agreed to reduce

troop numbers

and to allow 2,000 unarmed

observers into the province.

It's not enough, bill.

Nate's agreement could

fall apart at any second.

The russians are only going along

with it to keep up appearances.

Milosevic isn't

fooled by any of it.

Well, look at you, baby brother,

stepping up to the big roulette table.

He's just waiting us out.

Meanwhile, winter is coming

and hundreds of thousands

of displaced people

need to get back to their villages.

As far as I can tell,

the ceasefire is holding.

We've got observers on the

ground watching his every move.

He tries anything... - yeah, but look

what he's done to his own people.

Do you think he cares about a bunch of

observers without a gun between them?

It's just a matter of time.

What do you want me to say, tony?

Well...

Unless we back up the

threat of air strikes

with a willingness to

put men on the ground,

I just... I just don't see

how he can take us seriously.

Look, I hate milosevic as

much as the next guy,

but sending troops

into a sovereign state

that hasn't attacked us?

Now that's a pretty tough sell

to congress and the

american people,

and I like to think I'm

a pretty good salesman!

Bill, if... - I know why

you want to do this.

I understand your ambition.

You want to take a step up,

but that dog just won't hunt.

I want to do it because

it's the right thing to do.

We both want to do the right thing

and mobilizing nato so

it's ready to strike

- is the right thing to do.

- Yeah, but bill...

in case you haven't noticed,

there is a bookoos

of people over here

- looking to get me impeached.

- Yes, I'm very much aware of that.

Look, if we don't do this now,

I guarantee we'll be

forced to do it later.

Let me be clear:

Until milosevic does

something that proves

he violates the deal on the table,

we do nothing.

You can hardly be surprised.

Politically, his hands are tied.

Yeah, maybe physically too,

if hillary's got

anything to do with it.

But he's the one who

talked about legacy.

I mean, it could really

help to sort things out

if he did the right

thing over this.

Being seen to be doing something

is completely different to

actually doing it.

Thatcher always said,

"no point being here

if we don't do things,

- big things. " - please don't

start again on thatcher.

The lives of those

people depend on the whim

of an insane tyrant and we

have the power to change that.

And if bill won't or can't,

then it's up to me, isn't it?

Right. come on, winston.

Parents' evening.

Thank you, marcus.

What's the math

teacher's name again?

Humberstone, paul.

- hello, good to see you.

- Hello, headmaster.

on a hillside

above the village

of racak in kosovo...

45 people hacked to death by

serbian paramilitaries

right under the noses

of the observers.

I know. I saw the news.

Every station in the world is

showing the same footage.

We've got to stop fiddling

around the edges

and prove to milosevic that

we mean business.

If we don't, there's going to be

more massacres, more refugees.

The people over here,

they just don't get that.

All they want to know is,

is this a war america

should be fighting?

If we do go in,

bomb the hell out of milosevic,

what happens if all we

wind up doing is

pissing him off and he ramps up

his assault on kosovo?

We don't even have a grantee,

if nato does go in,

air strikes are going to do any go.

How long are you going to

keep going arou on this?

Til you tell me it's

the right thing to do.

It's the right thing to do

and you don't need

me to tell you that.

No.

But it sure does

make me feel better

hearing you say it.

the serbs say they shot

several dozen terrorists

in uniform,

but these men wear no uniform...

...and receive no hearing from the

police who separated them...

- hello? -

are you watching this?

I am.

Because this sh*t is bad.

Yes, it is.

Okay, bombing from 15,000'.

I'll tell my guys to

tell nato we're in.

... to find

their loved ones. -

"look what they've done," she cries.

"it's a massacre. "

and the obscene way these men

and boys have died

is a kind of proof.

Get me the secretary

of state for defense

and the chief of defense staff.

Yes, I know what the time is.

nato's attack on yugoslavia,

long threatened,

is tonight under way with

massive force.

the stealth fighter

bombers led the way

for an attack that has tonight

put the western alliance at

war with yugoslavia.

we have learned twice

before in this century

that appeasement does not work.

If we let an evil dictator

range unchallenged,

we will have to spill

infinitely more blood and treasure

- to stop him later.

- hear hear!

This is not a battle for territory.

It is a battle for humanity.

- it is a just cause.

- Hear hear!

in response

to nato air strikes,

milosevic's forces have stepped

up their campaign

to drive kosovan albanians

from serbia,

leaving hundreds of

thousands homeless.

Refugees appear, of course,

as a result of bombing,

and everybody knows it.

Man #2:
where will you go now?

I don't know,

but mostly what I would like

is to come back at my home

and to live normal like...

Like all europeans do,

because we are part of europe.

Today, tony and cherie blair

came to see the situation

themselves,

to witness the scale of the

humanitarian crisis

for which many nations

throughout the world

are increasingly taking

nato to task.

Just to see these people...

These completely innocent people,

who've been forced

from their homes,

mercilessly, at the point of a gun.

Some of them,

as we've just been hearing,

faced unspeakable horrors.

I just feel we have

a duty to ensure

that they can return to

their homes in peace.

do you have a message

for the people of kosovo?

Well, we will not let you down.

As civilian casualties

from nato bombings

continue to mount,

european leaders are coming

under increasing pressure

to justify the military campaign

against the serbs.

Stop the war! stop the bombing!

Nato out! nato out!

This is a nightmare.

I mean, we've bullied the e.

U. into this

and all we've done is

make matters worse.

The air campaign

simply isn't working,

not as currently configured.

It's too half-hearted.

The list of approved

targets is too limited.

It's done nothing to impede

milosevic's ability to wage war.

So all we've really done

is rally the serbs.

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