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Pastimes : Kosovo
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (10085)5/27/1999 1:59:00 PM
From: Enigma  Read Replies (3) of 17770
 
As the article mentioned the Apache Helicopter fracas turned out to be a bluff. Although it was not intended as such. Clinton's troop announcements appear to be another. Yes, the situation in Bosnia was terrible, and the solutions imperfect - but there is peace there. We went into this one with no game plan - no preparation for the hundreds of thousands of refugees. Clinton was even quoted as saying 'I'll have to read up on the history of the region'!

The real dithering is going on right now - relying on bombing alone - missing the time some weeks back when there appeared to be a consensus for ground action. Yet from the start we have signalled that there won't be ground action. Why should M. believe Clinton now - when he knows that ground action will really split the alliance?

The absolute obsession for absolute safety for our brave boys is a relatively new thing - though I can remember being in France in 1951 and hearing the bitter reaction from the residents re. the US practice of never advancing on a town or village until it had been obliterated by shelling first. We're too fond of talking about bombing people into the stone age. I was talking to my son in London (he voted for Blair) and he tells me that he is losing support rapidly. Good - he was always a smarmy one in my eyes. d
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