While NATO warplanes have finally been authorized by the U.N. to enforce a no-fly zone announced almost six months ago, the proximity of Serb ground forces to completing their mopping up of Muslim positions in Eastern Bosnia and Sarajevo means that this action like so many before it will amount to little more than a salve for guilty Western consciences.
Immediately after those talks, Iraq remained insistent that discussions would progress only if issues such as U.S. threats against Iraq, the no-fly zones, and U.N. sanctions against Iraq were on the table.