Recovering from Kosovo
Kosovo's recent unilateral declaration of independence has been as damaging to the international system as the 1999 war by NATO that wrested it from Serbia's control. Indeed, that war laid the doctrinal groundwork that led to the unfolding disaster in Iraq.
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LONDON – Kosovo’s recent unilateral declaration of independence brought back memories. I publicly opposed NATO’s attack on Serbia – carried out in the name of protecting the Kosovars from Serb atrocities – in March 1999. At that time, I was a member of the Opposition Front Bench – or Shadow Government – in Britain’s House of Lords. The then Conservative leader, William Hague, immediately expelled me to the “back benches.” Thus ended my (minor) political career. Ever since, I have wondered whether I was right or wrong.