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font-family:"Times New Roman";  When blood is spilled, it is the
responsibility of those who spill it, and the responsibility of
those who could have stopped its spilling. For this reason, the
carnage in the market of Sarajevo shamed also the White House,
which should have been shamed long ago. Bill Clinton's dilatory,
casuistic response to the great crime in the Balkans was not
only shameful, it also marked a moment in the history of
American foreign policy. This administration is transforming the
only superpower in the world into the only abdicating superpower
in the world. Poor Bosnia, it should have found itself in a
trade war. Trade wars we fight. Wars of genocide we watch.   But
it is not even clear