Tonight's Nightline features a report and live discussion on whether NATO should introduce ground troops into Kosovo. NATO's air strikes have failed to produce tangible results. Will the bombing alone induce the Serbs to reduce the committing of atrocities? Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov met with Serbian President Milosevic, who might be willing to withdraw some of his troops from Kosovo if NATO stops bombing.
- Michel McQueen reports on NATO's reluctance to introduce ground troops into Kosovo. Experts think that the ground troops might be necessary for the success of NATO's operation. Discussion of the pros and cons of ground troop involvement in Kosovo. Soundbites by ethnic Albanian refugees, Michael O'Hanlin of the Brookings Institution, Pentagon Spokesman Ken Bacon, Madeleine Albright, William Cohen, Former Army Intelligence Officer Ralph Peters, Henry Kissinger, Bill Taylor of the Center for International and Strategic Studies, Military Analyst Anthony Cordesman, ABC News Analyst Charles Horner, and President Clinton. Footage of the Kosovar Albanian refugees shown.
- Ted Koppel asks his guests whether the option of ground troops in Kosovo is the only option for the U.S. and NATO. Participants in live discussion: General Terry Scott, director of the National Security Center at the Harvard University and Robert Pape, assistant professor at Dartmouth College, Massachusetts. Pape authored a book on the use of air power.