ٍScream Bloody Murder...توثيقي لكريستيان أمانبور مدته ساعتين، بعد ساعة تقريباً على CNN

Quote: AMANPOUR: Bill Clinton, who had campaigned on a promise of tough action, was about to enter the White House. And Holbrooke wanted to be the new president's point man on Bosnia In a memo to Clinton's top advisers, Holbrooke again recommended direct use of force against the Serbs HOLBROOKE: And, by advocating vigorous action, I was kind of marginalized AMANPOUR: Instead of getting Bosnia, Holbrooke was named U.S. ambassador to Germany AMANPOUR (on camera): You were basically, for want of a better term, screaming bloody murder, and they weren't listening HOLBROOKE: Well, I was very frustrated. But the political pressures were running the other way AMANPOUR: The European allies opposed airstrikes, because their peacekeepers on the ground would face retaliation. Clinton's national security adviser, Anthony Lake, told us, the president's hands were tied ANTHONY LAKE, FORMER CLINTON NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: They were, to put it mildly, extremely reluctant to see us pursue, unilaterally, any actions which could imperil their troops AMANPOUR (on camera): The question, then, is, why didn't the U.S. lead from the front? Why? You were the superpower. You had already made statements. Why didn't you lead and convince them LAKE: Well, we tried to convince them. And the Europeans said, absolutely no