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Pastimes : Kosovo

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To: henry8th who wrote (890)3/31/1999 5:36:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 17770
 
These people are going to get really tired of this bombing in a very swift manner

I think this is a miscalculation. Adversity tends to bring people together (the Stockholm Syndrome, etc.) The reports I read from the ground are that SM is much stronger as a result of the bombing. Heck, we see it here -- Republicans who would love to chop Bill Clinton off at the knees rally round in support of him. The Serbs are doing the same thing. There are reports of writings by the fledgling Democracy movement within Serbia that the bombing has put them back 10 years by uniting all the Slavs in their hatred of NATO. Any possibility NATO had of being able to play a positive role in helping Yugoslavia progress politically is probably gone. Who will step into that power vacuum once the bombing ends (as it must some day)? Russia? Iraq? For sure not the US, France, Britain, or Germany!

As long as the bombing goes on, I think SM gets stronger and stronger. Which is part of the tragedy (and stupidity) of this whole mess.
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