Even where nations like Germany and France were disposed to take visionary actions (such as immediate recognition of Croatia and Slovenia -- and even the introduction of armed peacekeepers), the lowest-common denominator character of these organizations' consensus decision-making mechanisms made such actions utter non-starters.

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