Perhaps, it wasn't necessary to fray so many nerves over the Jahorina Assembly. The association of folklore bards had a relatively limited choice: they would either get into deep trouble right away, or a little later. Namely, the great powers have lost patience and are now making preparations to actually do in Bosnia whatever they had put their minds to, regardless of Karadzic's diplomacy: one way or another, the number of U.N. troops will slowly grow to the critical mass needed for the implementation of the Vance-Owen plan