“Although Mrs Albright stopped calling for further air strikes she still lamely insisted that the UN Sec General should consider cost of backing down in the face of Bosnian Serbs.” — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Opposing redeployment US and Dutch ambassadors were making more robust action impossible.” — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Smith proposed not to use air power, but to employ an ad hoc group to open Mount Igman road into Sarajevo. This was the… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“When Karremans made this comment on 23 July 1995, he clearly did not yet realize what horrific fate had befallen men of Srebrenica. He… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“While the US stumped for the Bosnians, Russians defended the interests of Milošević (as distinct from the Bosnian Serb leader) and Germans supported Croats.… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Back in Washington Frasureˇs delicate diplomacy was supported by his direct superior flamboyant Assistant Secretary of State R.H. To Vice-President Al Gore, Secretary of… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Muslims in general were aware of the fate that awaited them. Their desparate attempt, en masse to break through Bosnian Serb lines from the… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Although Mrs Albright stopped calling for further air strikes she still lamely insisted that the UN Sec General should consider cost of backing down… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Mladić harboured a particular resentment towards the Dutch, whose successive governments had consistently called for a tougher action against the Serbs since the beginning… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Ambassador Albright reportedly threatened to resign over what she called "softly-softly" pact with Milošević.” — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Albright and Biegman told Janvier that while the status quo was untenable and a more effective and robust UNPROFOR required, she could not accept… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Frasure was one of the most experienced diplomats in the State dept. In June 1991, President Bush awarded him Presidential Medal for Exceptional Service… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“The most fundamental dillemma of all, which the international community to its detriment never resolved was a moral one. How could one combine moral… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
