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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (289619)	5/30/2006 4:36:11 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) of 1573922

Al, Understand...and the wag the dog remark ? A possible explanation for why America won't get brownie points for defending Muslims in Kosovo. "We defended Muslims from ethnic cleansing in Kosovo!" "Oh that doesn't count. Your president was just doing that because of Lewinsky!" For what it's worth, the political situation in Europe was far more complex than clinton's trouble at home, which had very little to do with lack of credit...to simplify, we (NATO that is, not just the US) are criticized for waiting too long to take action. This is partly because Muslims seemed to be the oppressed (they were, first in Croatia then in Bosnia and later in Kosovo), but more importantly because Russia backed the Serbs, whom they consider blood brothers. The Europeans in particular were very afraid of intervening for fear of sparking a conflict with Russia. Remember the Russian pre-emptive takeover of the airport in Pristina once Nato decided to go in? There were some very tense moments with Nato and Russian troops pointing weapons at one another ... Al

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