John Kasich in The Wall Street Journal

On War & Peace: Russian mediation with Milosevic instead of a ground war

Mr. Kasich argues against an escalation of the military effort in Kosovo. Instead, he wants to move to mediation with Yugoslavia, in which third parties, particularly Russia, would help work out a peaceful resolution. He wouldn't worry about getting rid of Mr. Milosevic right now; it doesn't make much sense to get into mediation with somebody you're about to eliminate. "Reemphasizing our bad policy with a vigorous ratcheting up, including ground forces, is just a huge mistake," Mr. Kasich says. Source: The Wall Street Journal, "Mediate Kosovo?", 4/21/99 Apr 21, 1999

On War & Peace: Should have used economic tools with rest of world

Kasich is a free-trader who supported Clinton's bombings of terrorist sites in Afghanistan & Iraq. "You can oppose what we've been doing [in Kosovo] and yet not want to disengage from the world," he says. [He argues that] Kosovo diminishes America's ability to act in a significant number of other places where national interests are more clearly engaged. Rather than fight, he would have used "the severe economic tools" at the West's disposal to isolate Milosevic and build up his internal opponents. Source: The Wall Street Journal, "Mediate Kosovo?", 4/21/99 Apr 21, 1999

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