PRISTINA, KOSOVO — During a recent trip to visit U.S. troops in Iraq, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey was suddenly reminded of the U.S. military's 15-year mission in Kosovo while glancing at a commercial on the American Forces Network, Duffel Blog has learned.
"All of a sudden, this commercial aired on AFN, saying that KFOR [Kosovo Force] was 'ready and relevant' in the 21st Century. And I'm like 'what the hell, we still have troops there?"
U.S. troops first arrived in Kosovo in 1999, when Bill Clinton was still president and the Spice Girls were still together. While it would be years before "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" would air on television, the American public was, fortunately, not required to express any interest in military action, as a major sex scandal rocked the Clinton White House the previous year.
