A memory from 15 years ago: Sarajevo. A small crowd of police, reporters and the curious are hanging around the Sarajevo city hall as U.S. President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Balkans, Richard Holbrooke, arrives for a meeting.
A screeching of SUVs. Before they come to a stop, doors are flung open and men with sharp chins, wraparound shades and automatic weapons cocked on hips leap out, scan the crowd and rooftops and then hustle Holbrooke — a very big man — into the building. It's a scene out of a Hollywood movie.
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