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To: goldsnow who wrote (15234)	11/9/1999 12:44:00 PM
From: MNI	Respond to of 17770

Sad, but true. Who have ears to listen press their fists on them. Who has eyes to see buries his face in his arms. Sorry jbe, goldsnow seems correct for already to long. The Western public opinion does not justify government action above some formal murmuring, just enough to enter the records - and among those the second rate files, those that are thrown away after only one year, for lack of importance. Thanks for the other article gs, it says something I have repeated here constantly since June or so ... there is a missing link between media appearance and political will. It annoys me still to see 'Social Democrats' and 'Liberals' used synonymously, and when talking Schroeder we shouldn't forget that Schroeder is coming over more liberal than his party, while his opposition is more socialdemocratic than his policies. Regards MNI.

To: goldsnow who wrote (15234)	11/9/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

I understand very well that the Chechens may indeed remain on their own. And I know the Russian generalitet is not going to listen to any outside criticism, as long as it has the overwhelming support of the population. (To take just one example of the latter: one Moscow newspaper -- Nezavisimaia gazeta -- is running a poll right now, asking readers whether they support negotiations with Maskhadov or not. The count so far: 14% support negotiations; 86% oppose them.) It is just that I don't want my government to support what is going on. The first time round, Clinton covered himself with disgrace, when he compared the war in Chechnya to the American Civil War, and Yeltsin himself to Abraham Lincoln. And then, of course, the IMF money....I was in Chechnya at the time, and I had a difficult time fending off questions like "Why do you Americans want to exterminate us?" That was what it looked like to them... Here is an opportunity for Clinton & Co. to go on record as opposing the slaughter of the civilian population of Chechnya (which, let us not forget, still includes ethnic Russians). It probably will not pay off, at least not right away. But keeping silent is no alternative. Silence is implied approval.