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To: John Lacelle who wrote (15939)	2/5/2000 8:21:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

Austria is about size of Serbia, right? ,<<g>> ``Austria is not triggering a crisis in Europe. Do 360 million people in 14 big and powerful states really have to fear tiny Austria with eight million people? It is ridiculous,' Schuessel said. infoseek.go.com

To: John Lacelle who wrote (15939)	2/7/2000 5:11:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

I believe that Kosovo's deteriorating situation must be related to the gearing-up of the US Presidential campaign. The timing is a clue: the objective is to rip yet another foreign policy success off the Clinton administration. It's a well-known fact that Al Gore will have no grind in convincing voters about the economic legacy of the Clinton era, however, a couple of achievements on the diplomatic front couldn't hurt --to name but a few: the Middle East peace process, the Northern Ireland normalization, and the management of post-war Kosovo. Note that these three diplomatic yards currently are all in jeopardy: Clinton has failed to bring together Israel and Syria; the IRA extremists have started another bombing campaign; and clashes between Albanians and Serbs have intensified to the point of involving KFOR peacekeepers.... Yet, both the Republicans and the European chancelleries supportive of an American isolationism (towards Europe) expect to gain from shattered hopes in Kosovo. The fact that all the skirmishes were reported as occuring in the French sector might be indicative of the real mastermind behind them....