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To: jbe who wrote (6600)	10/2/1998 9:45:00 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Foreign policy will never be a subject the bulk of Americans are going to pay any attention to. Therefore, we will continue to leave it to the "experts" which is always a prescription for disaster.

To: jbe who wrote (6600)	10/2/1998 10:21:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

jbe, one big difference with Kosovo, shared with Bosnia, is that it's close enough to our Allies in Western Europe to be visible. Ethic Albanians seem to be in the gastarbeiter brigade, like Yugoslavians of all stripes, so their dislocations become a concern. Kosovo was predicted to become a problem all along. The former Yugoslavia is in many ways typical of the modern brushfire wars that have been cropping up, and will be cropping up more I assume, as the cold war fades into memory. Africa has a long tradition of these ethnically driven conflicts, back to Biafra and forward to Rwanda. Jessie Helm's pet project of Savimbi in Angola is a bit different, though I assume there are ethnic overtones there too. Zaire was a bit different too, with our pal Mobutu's Big Man dictatorship, but that's Heart of Darkness country. (an interesting recent book on history there: nytimes.com . Odd to see international awareness at work 100 years ago) The former Soviet Republics seem to have the worst situation, though. The remoteness and inaccessibility makes Africa seem like next door neighbors to us. That, mixed with the ethnic Russian population that was put in place during Soviet rule, and the corrupt post Communist governments- I hope there aren't any nukes left in those places. Have you read Our Game? Fictionalized treatment, but you might be able to tie it to actual events. Le Carre can be a little gassy at times, but he also can be a good writer, unlike some others in the genre. Cheers, Dan.

To: jbe who wrote (6600)	10/2/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: cody andre	Respond to of 67261

If the US and NATO intervene in Kosovo, we are going to open a Pandora box because there are so many ethnic groups living across national boundaries. Nevertheless, the TV media has already started a psy-preparation campaign in favor of Kosovo Moslems similar to pro-Kuwaiti propaganda before Desert Storm. Remember the "girl" testifying in Congress about atrocities by Iraqi troops? Came out she was the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador in Washington and the whole story was a coax. Also, the US media does NOT mention Islamic flows of money, weapons and muhajedin into Kosovo and Albania. What if US bombs kill ben Laden's "volunteers" in the Kosovo hills? Send regrets? Is's all a sham on behalf of the World Government. The US could start the flames from the Adriatic to the Caspian Sea because of the imbeciles in the White House and the State Department (what is Strobe Talbot "inhaling"?)