if they are to survive as a nation.
The UN/NATO forces are riven from top to bottom by policy divisions and equivocation. They are not only incapable of defending the Bosnians from the Serbs but are enforcers of an arms embargo which prevents the Bosnians from effectively defending themselves.
The arms embarao is the number one issue of this war. The task of socialists is to campaign for the lifting of the imperialist arms embargo to allow Bosnia the basic right of self-defence. Without the embargo being lifted slaughter will not end.
None of the imperialist powers have enough material interest in the region for a full commitment to the war. They all want the war ended at any price but are divided as to how to go about it. US strategic interests are in Turkey and the oil rich Arab regimes; they therefore want to appear more pro-Bosnian. Germany's interests lie in Croatia and Slovenia where they are putting in objectives and can move their weapons on to the next target area.