Violence is never the most desirable option. But sometimes it is the only option that can lead to peace. Some will protest the expansion of NATO bombing in Bosnia.

Until recently, most of NATO’s firepower has been directed towards targets in southeast Bosnia.

But on Sunday, the Navy cruiser Normandy launched 13 U.S. Tomahawk missiles at about ten communication sites in northern Bosnia.

Protests in the U.S. may be especially loud, considering NATO utilized U.S. Tomahawks to attack northern Bosnia, which is the location of heavily defended and hostile Serbian air defense networks. And, perhaps to an extent, those protesters will be correct in saying U.S. military involvement in the Bosnian debacle is rash.

But the truth remains that so far the Bosnian Serbs, led by General Ratko Mladic, have yet to respond positively to all other avenues to bring peace to this troubled region.

NATO and the U.S. cannot stand complacently at the sidelines while a region spirals downward into the abyss, as we pray that perhaps peace talks will work this time. Attacking the region now in a large and imposing force will hopefully do what attempts at diplomacy, peace talks and pleading from all sides of the conflict have yet to do: bring an end to this violent and utterly senseless war.