European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Humanitarian projects undermine War skills a a it a great to be Here doing the opposite of a  those words first uttered by a . Navy officer during the 1991 Bangladesh Relief operation maybe come commonplace. The . Military is becoming increasingly involved in humanitarian Relief and peacekeeping operations currently in Bosnia and Herzegovina and soon in Somalia. Given our traditional ant military Bent Many americans would see that As a Welcome trend. But it is a trend that could have tragic consequences. For one thing it could destroy the military a fighting spirit the very essence of the military s reason for being. This danger is not new. We did it after world War ii. A Liberal society in its heart wants not Only domination of the military but acquiescence of the military toward the Liberal View of life a wrote . Fehrenbach in his classic critique of the korean War. A domination and control society should have a he wrote some 30 years ago in this kind of War. A but acquiescence society May not have if it wants an army Worth a Damn. By the very nature of its Mission the military must maintain a hard and illiberal View of life and the world. Society a purpose is to live the military a is to stand ready if need be to  but critics like the Washington monthly a Scott Shuger who wrote a pacify the military in the new York times of March 14,1992, and other such sophisticates do not understand the distinction. They now Call for the military to move away from bloodshed and reorient itself toward Good works. The problem is that a the values composing civilization and the values required to protect it Are normally at War a Fehrenbach wrote. A when greek culture became so sophisticated that its common men would no longer fight to the death. A horde of roman farm boys overran them. The descendants of macedonians who had slaughtered asians till they could no longer lift their arms went Pale and Harry g. Summers it Pale sick at the sight of the havoc wrought by the roman Gladius hispanics As it carved its Way toward Hellas. A when american a fighting men gush that a a it a great to be Here doing the opposite of a Soldier a its a sign that that time May be approaching Here As Well. Such a collapse of fighting spirit could be As fatal to the survival of american civilization As it was to greek civilization More than two millennia ago. There could be another even More serious consequence. Reorientation of the military toward peacetime operations could undermine civilian control of the military the very foundation Stone of american democracy. Ironically this danger is seen More clearly by the military than by its civilian critics. A powerful warning of where present trends could Lead is air Force it. Col. Charles e. Dunlap  award winning National War College student essay a the origins of the american military coup of 2012,�?� excerpted in the Winter 1992-93 Issue of parameters the . Army War College quarterly. Written from the perspective of a senior military officer about to be executed for opposing the coup Dunlap posits the takeover of the . Government by a a military plenipotentiary in 2012. This takeover a was the outgrowth of trends visible As far Back As 1992,�?� including a the massive diversion of military forces to civilian  among the examples he cites is the a military cooperation with civilian Law enforcement agencies act of 1981,�?� which was a specifically intended to Force reluctant military commanders to actively collaborate in police  this was a historic change of policy Dunlap says. A since the passage of the posse Comita Tus act in 1878, the military had distanced itself from Law enforcement activities. By 1992 a com batting Dru trafficking was formally declared a a Hig National Security  a in 1986, Congress a declared overseas humanitarian and civic assistance activities to be a valid military missions and specifically authorized them by Law. Former Secretary of state James Baker typified the a trendy new tone in Early 1992, saying that in airlifting Relief supplies a we will wage a new  a in truth a Dunlap says a Ami litanies ought to a prepare for War and leave the a peace waging to those agencies of the government whose Mission is just that. Nevertheless such pronouncements As bakery so seconded by military leaders a became the fashionable philosophy. The result people in the military no longer considered themselves warriors. Instead they perceived themselves As policemen Relief workers educators builders health care providers politicians a everything but  a when the military was. Obligated to engage in a bewildering array of non traditional duties to further justify its existence a Dunlap concludes a it is Little wonder that its traditional apolitical professionalism eventually  hence the coup. We ignore his cautionary tale at our peril. C los Antolos Olmos tit opinion apr Aazaad in the column and cartoon on Thea Paga a Prasant Tho a of Tho author and a in no Way to to Cona darod a  the Tawa Otth Star and str Paa or the unload stalag  needs Swift policy on Balkan crisis Leslie h. Gelb the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the tinder boxes nearby might meditate on two realities first president Bush will not order . Forces to the Rescue. Second president elect Clinton wont either a at least not for months. He shows Little disposition to walk economics and Chew foreign policy gum at the same time. He has barely begun to select his National Security team. Bush a decision to dispatch troops to Somalia has in no Way altered his opposition to . Intervention in Bosnia. His senior aides Are absolutely Clear about that. He just sees too Many land mines in Bosnia and no Way to get out. Clinton is unlikely to set his course in Bosnia until weeks after the Jan. 20 inauguration at the earliest. Which Means thousands More dead bosnian and hundreds of thousands More bosnian refugees pouring into an already floundering Germany. Which Means Little Prospect of heading off wider Balkan wars in Kosovo and Macedonia. All this portends moral and strategic disaster. Clinton should move now to put his senior foreign policy and defense team in place and get it cracking on Bosnia and other world crises. Focusing on the Economy is right. But treading water on foreign affairs is dead wrong. His transition staff for National Security cannot do the Job of creating policy. It contains few experienced High level pros. And these pros have to spend most of their time answering ridiculous press queries about Clinton policies that done to exist playing Footsie with anxious foreign diplomats taking phone Calls from Panicky Job seekers and meeting with political allies to keep them from feeling excluded when the moment comes to exclude them. Sandy Berger the Leader of the transition staff has commissioned various policy papers from Able senior people. But these papers cannot substitute for the advisers who will form the Clinton National Security Council. The first task of these senior advisers should be to flesh out Clinton a promising Campaign rhetoric on Bosnia. He talked sensibly about providing arms to muslims now virtually defenceless against serbian attacks. He hinted creatively at bombing attacks against military targets in Serbia to deter serbs from further aggression. But Good thoughts do not a policy make. Before the Clinton team goes too far Down the Road on a Balkan policy it should talk with key Bush aides. The president and his team have been far too cautious unimaginative and shortsighted on Bosnia. But they have some telling arguments. Clinton advisers should listen and fashion convincing responses. Clinton wisely rejects fighting a ground War in Bosnia. Instead some of his advisers speak of establishing a safety zone there where bosnian could go for food shelter and Security. Bush aides and bosnian muslims a along with the International mediators Cyrus Vance and lord David Owen reject this idea. They feel it would legitimize serbian conquests of bosnian Muslim territory. But surely a formula can be found to provide for immediate humanitarian needs without compromising Long term negotiating positions. Bush advisers also fault the Clinton inclination to Arm muslims. They believe again backed by Vance and Owen that this will Only Lead to greater violence and even More Muslim deaths. But there is a Trade off Here a heavy Short term Price May be worthwhile to stabilize the Battlefield and save lives thereafter. Bush aides insist that if the . Bombs Serbia As Clinton May propose London and Paris will withdraw their humanitarian Relief forces from Bosnia. And so they will unless Clinton successfully mounts a risky and ambitious Campaign in private and Public diplomacy. Most compellingly Bush advisers warn that getting into Bosnia will be far easier than getting out. Before taking any action Clinton will have to fashion a of persuasive plan of limited involvement explaining what Ines he will and will not Cross a then sell it to Ameri cans and to Congress. After looking at All this Clinton May decide its too late to help Bosnia. If so he had better Stop leading the bosnian muslims on come up with a second line of defense against Serbia in Kosovo and Macedonia and sell that to Congress and the american people. C tha naw York Tima