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Pastimes : Kosovo

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To: Stormweaver who wrote (3553)4/15/1999 11:04:00 AM
From: James F. Hopkins  Read Replies (3) of 17770
 
James; Right now I don't have the time I wish I had to
explain the full detail of what I see happening, and why I'm convinced
what NATO is doing or at least the way they are doing it is Wrong. .
There are no clean hands in this can of worms, and the truth of
what is going on will not likey come out for years , ( if then ).
I'm good at reading lips, ( I caught Regan looking at
Nancy & calling Nixon a SOB right on national TV; 99% of the viewers missed it even though it was right in front of their eyes )
Remember what is good can often be the enemy of what's the
best.
(1) The KLA is not what it looks like, and if we were on a real
peace keeping mission we would not be taking sides
We would if trying to get them, apart insist that BOTH parties
lay down their weapons.
(2) The KLA now has a Mercenary Army, segregated from the hard core
Mujahedeen that have infiltrated the area for over 3 years now.

The evidence of this can be found even in reports of western news
but you have to have an eye for it.
(3) I'v seen to many Refugee situations over the years to not notice
a lot of this is being fabricated and staged in propaganda effort
by NATO to drum up support, ( there are too many smiling faces and
if one is discerning in looking at the news shots you find too
many people who look like they are on a picnic , busses coming in
from Kosovo ( almost new & in pristine condition ) busses that they never had to start with.
(4) The recent detailed report from the pilot who by accident
shot civilians in the convoy was very revealing.

(a) It did not occur to him that the convoy was doing the same
as a retreating army and burning the stuff they left behind,
however if you follow his description of the fires and patterns
to them it's obvious.
(b) This motorized convoy of refugees was well organized and well supplied, there were no SERBs escorting them at all,
( The Srebs are either pinned down or busy at the border of Albania
were KLA, Mujahedeen , and mercenary Armies are trying to flood
into Kosovo ) the convoy of civilians were as if they were being herded by KLA factions and being told to burn what they left
behind.
(c) the initial spin NATO put on this was monstrous, while the
pilot likely made an error as he for sure jumped to conclusions about
the fires, I can't understand how the persons doing the de briefing
could not see this, there were too many fires and NO Serb troops in that area at all, with the house they had stopped at still intact
and the one they just left freshly started. The Pilot had covered
a very wide area looking for targerts and saw NONE, until he came
on the convoy, and he just conculed that must be SERBS, ( not
very bright ) even the news release was not to bright.
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If there were any military vehicles ( and that looks doubtful now)
They were KLA units.
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Again if we are sincere about building peace, ( we would insist both
sides to stop shooting ) this taking sides sets up a situation that will in the future give the Albainis the excuse to murder Serbs for
years and years to come, and make no mistake the Albanians are not
above it, and indeed have exploited when every they could the opportunities to commit terrorist acts.
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The CIA is wrong ( again ) NATO is also wrong, and We
in the US are making a big mistake, This is even worse than we did
in Viet Nam.
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Jim
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