From Chernomidrin article at
washingtonpost.com
Further, it will no longer be possible to thwart the
proliferation of missiles and nuclear arms – another negative
consequence of NATO's policy. Even the smallest of
independent states will seek nuclear weapons and delivery
vehicles to defend themselves after they see NATO's military
machine in action. The danger of global instability looms,
with more new wars and more victims.
More bombing makes it pointless to plan a return of refugees.
What will they come back to – homes in debris, without
electricity or water? Where will they find jobs, with half of all
factories in ruins and the other half doomed to be bombed in
due course? It is time for NATO countries to realize that
more air raids will lead to a dead end. No fewer than half of
the refugees are not eager to leave a prosperous Europe to
return to a devastated Kosovo to live side by side with
war-embittered Serbs. Of this, I am sure. Clearly, every
hundred Kosovars will have to be indefinitely protected by
one or two soldiers; that is how NATO's presence in
Yugoslavia will become permanent.
Also, sooner or later NATO will be expected by the world
community to pay Yugoslavia for damages, to compensate
the bereaved families of innocent victims and to punish pilots
who bombed civilians and their commanders who issued
criminal orders.
Thus, the bloc is headed for a Pyrrhic victory, whether the
conflict ends with the Serbs capitulating or in an invasion of
Yugoslavia. The campaign will not achieve its main goals.
Not all refugees will come back to Kosovo, which will remain
in some form under Yugoslav jurisdiction, and many billions
of dollars will be spent rebuilding the country from the ruins.
Now, a few words about the ethnic Albanian paramilitaries.
They are essentially terrorist organizations. Of this, Russia is
sure. They are making money chiefly from drug trafficking,
with an annual turnover of $3 billion. As it maintains close
contact with these paramilitaries and modernizes their
weaponry, the West – directly or indirectly – encourages the
emergence of a major new drug trafficking center in that part
of the world. It also encourages the paramilitaries to extend
their influence to neighboring countries. The Greater Albania
motto may soon start to take hold. This will mean more
bloodshed, more wars and more redrawings of borders.
The world has never in this decade been so close as now to
the brink of nuclear war.
I appeal to NATO leaders to show the courage to suspend the
air raids, which would be the only correct move.
It is impossible to talk peace with bombs falling. This is clear
now. So I deem it necessary to say that, unless the raids stop
soon, I shall advise Russia's president to suspend Russian
participation in the negotiating process, put an end to all
military-technological cooperation with the United States and and
Western Europe, put off the ratification of START II and use
Russia's veto as the United Nations debates a resolution on
Yugoslavia.
On this, we shall find understanding from great powers such
as China and India. Of this, I am sure.
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I wonder if this guy has any credibility - gee why they do not pay their debts <ggg> |
