OPERATION ALLIED FORCE (1999)

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Data: 08/04/1999 02:41

De: Marilda Gusmão <mari***mao@diplomail.net>

Para: Pablo Murad

Assunto: Operation Allied Force (1999)


Hello Pablo,

Operation Allied Force (1999)

NATO air campaign launched on 24 March 1999 and suspended on 10 June 1999.
Direction: The Big Red “Acronym” Button.
Cast: 19 NATO members, 1 endless press briefing, and the world’s loudest PowerPoint clicker.
Plot: “We will do this for 78 days,” says the script, like it’s a limited series.

What the public sees: geopolitics.
What the backstage sees: a whiteboard full of arrows, coffee, and someone whispering:
      “Is ‘suspended’ the same as ‘finished’ or is it like my gym membership?”

If diplomacy is a group chat, this was the moment everyone started typing at once.

All the best,
Marilda Gusmão