News-Leader.com | True Ozarks | '95 Dean letter urged unilateral U.S. attack: "Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, a strong critic of what he calls President Bush's unilateral approach to foreign policy, urged President Clinton to act unilaterally and enter the war in Bosnia in 1995.

'I have reluctantly concluded that the efforts of the United States and NATO in Bosnia are a complete failure,' he wrote, citing reports of genocide during the Bosnian civil war. 'If we ignore these behaviors ... our moral fiber as a people becomes weakened. ... We must take unilateral action.'"