Eventually, the waves get big enough and the Jell-O fails.

Have some Jell-O

The waves were coming over the boat and it was cold and very wet.

And because they have been unwilling to intervene early in the crises in Bosnia and Kosovo, they have ended up having to intervene -- in particular in Kosovo -- in a much greater fashion, a much stronger fashion later on after the crisis has grown, has expanded and the killing has gotten very serious.

The waves were big and the wind was blowing hard.

The waves were so big and the wind was so strong that we couldn't keep the (escort) boat with the swimmer and that made it unsafe to continue.