Ultimately, the decision is theirs to make. Our responsibility, from our vantage point, is to make clear the risks.

The 19 NATO leaders made clear last weekend that NATO will prevail in reversing Milosevic's repression.

We've made very clear that any hollow, half measures will not stop the bombing.

Also, we're doing what any field geologist would do in an area like this: climbing to a good vantage point for plotting a route.

That means that the Russian prime minister took personal responsibility [for the decision].

We all live with blinders on. They come with having a personal vantage point.