> Some U.S. response on Grozny market/maternity clinic bombing. I would call this "fairly strong words" -- at least, compared to the sort of thing the Administration was saying during the last go-round.
Sure they sound a little stronger but...
I now believe the Russians sold out the Serbs in such a way that, not only they got more IMF billions but also the understanding that some of that money will go to annihilate the Chechnyans and the US will keep relatively silent...That was the only way that Clinton and Nato could be perceived as "winners". This will come out after 30 to 40 years probably.
Now some examples of double speak
>"We have raised our concerns repeatedly in the last months about the
escalation and it is certainly troubling to see this kind of loss of
life,"
So touching to see that it troubles them to see this kind of loss of life...if they were Serbs or Albanian civilians...tough...it was Milo's fault.
>He called for an end to the fighting and said, "we will continue,
regardless of this incident, to make clear to the Russians and to both
parties that there is now way to find a purely military solution to this situation."
Nato sure tried to find a purely military solution to the Kosovo matter...only to leave ruins behind, the Yugoslav Army power intact and a bunch of thugs running rampant.
>Lockhart stressed the US policy line that Chechnya is part of the
Russian Federation and that the rebels were equally responsible for
halting the violence.
Reread this statement...replace Chechnya with Kosovo, Russian Federation with Yugoslavia and rebels with KLA...yep sure.
>"We believe that the spread of violence in the region and the escalation of violence is contrary to everyone's interest except those who rely on violence to meet their political ends, and that includes the separatists," he said.
What???This is becoming ludicrous.
>"They (the Russian government) are trying to make the case that they are not waging war against the Chechen people, but they've created 150,000 refugees," he said, commenting on a Russian air campaign launched September 5 which triggered the exodus.
More Serb refugees don't count...and don't forget, nothing against them, it is all against the Serb leadership, indicted war criminals.
>The US official also signalled, however, that Washington understood thatMoscow was "not working in a benign environment," saying the Chechens had some "bad guys" who were not respecting international conventions.
bad guys...LOL...Thaci the saint is good enough to see christiane's hubby and lunatic Clark and have coffee with them.
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