The largest event of Clark 's tenure as SACEUR was NATO 's confrontation with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the Kosovo War . On September 22 , 1998 , the United Nations Security Council introduced Resolution 1199 calling for an end to hostilities in Kosovo , and Richard Holbrooke again tried to negotiate a peace . This process came to an unsuccessful end , however , following the Račak massacre . Then U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tried to force Yugoslavia into allowing separation of Kosovo with the Rambouillet Agreement , which Yugoslavia refused . Clark was at the Rambouillet talks and tried to convince Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević by telling him " there 's an activation order . And if they tell me to bomb you , I 'm going to bomb you good . " Clark later alleged that Milošević launched into an emotional tirade against Albanians and said that they 'd been " handled " in the 1940s by ethnic cleansing
Račak massacre
Račak massacre
Wesley Clark