Editor’s Page

I had planned an editorial on Bosnia for this page—a diatribe against the moral blindness and complacency of European governments and the leadership failure of our own, against the cowardice of NATO and the weakness and confusion of the UN, against unfulfilled promises and empty threats, against military actions that were always too little, too late. But a proper diatribe depends on local and timely reference, so I kept postponing the writing. And finally, in the first days of September, the leaders of the West, no doubt for their own political reasons and not for mine, though perhaps driven also by shame or the fear of dishonor, have acted forcefully enough, maybe, to open the way for serious negotiations. That much will come of them ...