Denis,
I make no apology for taking part in what you call the "massacre" of thousands of Iraqi soldiers as they were fleeing Basra. You seem to imply that these soldiers were innocent victims of unwarranted aggression as opposed to the murdering thugs that they actually were, the same way you imply that the Serbs are blameless in the events of the last ten weeks in Yugoslavia instead of assigning them the accountability that they deserve.
Spare me your biased political rhetoric, disguised as righteous indignation.
Both the Iraqis and Serbs initiated violence and warfare against civilian populations for territorial gain and to control the wealth and resources of those territories. To attempt to place blame on the U.S. for it's actions in stopping Iraqi and Serb aggression while turning a blind eye to the crimes against mankind committed by those two entities is the height of hypocrisy.
Incidentally, in case you've forgotten, we (the U.S.) were accompanied in the skies over Basra by the RAF and the French Air Force. To those same forces, over Yugoslavia we are now accompanied by the Luftwaffe and the RCAF. Neither operation was some sort of whim of the U.S., but rather the consensus of many nations, determined to act in the common good. If that common good involves promoting NATO's agenda and strengthens their future position as a united world power, then so be it.
My only regret about the campaign against Iraq is that is was halted before a complete victory was achieved and while Saddam Hussein was still alive, the same way I regret that NATO actions in Yugoslavia have not completely crushed the ability of the Serbs to make war and brought about the end of the regime that caused this conflict. More than anything I regret that we have expended such effort and resources without bringing about the demise of Slobodan Milosevic and his adjutants. It is they who are guilty and who should be held accountable for the ethnic cleansing and mass murders of those who actually were innocent.. |
