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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (16527)	5/11/2000 3:26:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Respond to of 17770

George, Ya know it is funny. We can see the end of the Kosovo peacekeeping mission coming down the tracks. Yet, it seems that nobody cares. The UN mission to Kosovo is a failure. They even admit that. But Clinton and Blair and the other politicians that created this situation will never admit they were wrong. Thus, the situation will simpy deteriorate until some Americans start getting shot...once there are dead Americans, then the blame game will begin. Clinton will blame Republicans and vice-versa. Politics will not allow a solution. In fact, this morning I actually talked to someone who served in Bosnia. He was telling me how there is an unwritten policy of "zero" risk. In other words, if anything goes wrong (someone gets shot) someone will get the blame, their career is destroyed etc. He said that this policy made it impossible for the peacekeepers to do their job. Thats why the French have been doing all the dirty work. The Americans are paralyzed with fear of making any mistakes. This policy is also helping the KLA consolidate power. Eventually, we will be at war with the KLA. At least in Viet Nam we had some allies. In Kosovo, everyone wants us out at this point. Its going to get really ugly soon. -John