There will be a clear message from this meeting, without a doubt -- a message of resolve and determination by all 19 allies to see this through, no matter how difficult and how long it takes.
"Jamie Patrick Shea" is Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
He received worldwide attention during the 1999 Kosovo War, when he served as the spokesperson for NATO. He described the civilians killed by the NATO bombing of Serbia in the effort to prevent the Serbs from retaining Kosovo as the "cost to defeat an evil".
He received his B.A. (Hons.) in Modern History and French language/French from the University of Sussex (1977) and his D.Phil. in Modern History from Lincoln College, Oxford (1981).
Shea is married and has two children, Chiara and Alexander.
More Jamie Shea on Wikipedia.It's a very useful and necessary effort to begin reflection on how we are going to handle the diplomacy of the end game.
Last night, NATO had a night of relative restraint. We were mindful of the Orthodox Easter celebration. At the same time, the Yugoslav armed forces continued to demonstrate signs of wear and tear.
We are acting in a just cause. We are convinced of that.
There must be no soft underbelly where he can get in through the back door what he cannot get through the front door.
This suggests that this is not random but is being done on an almost scientific and systematic basis.
We are going to demonstrate ... the determination of the allies to see this through to the end no matter how long it takes. Our values and security will suffer if Milosevic is allowed to continue.
NATO will always be hopeful, but we'll always be realistic.
I think everyone would prefer, including NATO diplomats, that we could solve these problems through diplomacy. But I think on the other hand, they understand the situation and the need to put a stop to a humanitarian catastrophe in the heart of Europe.
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