Failure in Kosovo, By Micheal Pravica

Letters, © The New York Times, February 8, 2000

To the Editor:

Re "7 Killed and 9 Hurt in Kosovo Rampage, Worst SinceWar" (news article, Feb. 5):

It should seem obvious by now, after many monthsof NATO's occupation of Kosovo, that NATO is unable to contain and prevent the ethnic violence that has overwhelmed the province. NATO's mission has been a failure. The best thing now is to admit defeat, allow a partition of the Yugoslav province along ethnic lines and leave.

MICHAEL PRAVICA

Feb. 5, 2000