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To: long-gone who wrote (30323)	3/19/1999 9:47:00 AM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 117019

Yes but they are so today, as is pouring untreated waste and sewage into rivers and creeks and toxic fumes into the air - this is where the advocates of no government at all lose me - for, left to their own devices, many businesses don't give a goddam about these things. dd

To: long-gone who wrote (30323)	3/19/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: Alex	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 117019

Clinton Details Serb Bombing Plan By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the collapse of the Kosovo peace talks making NATO airstrikes more likely, the State Department began evacuating the embassy in Belgrade on Friday and President Clinton laid out his case to congressional leaders for a massive bombing campaign. The Pentagon sent more warplanes to the region. ''We're on the brink of a very grave situation,'' House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said after a two-hour meeting at the White House. Lawmakers of both parties emerged from the session saying that airstrikes could come soon and that the risks to U.S. pilots would be high. They urged the president to make his case to the nation for military engagement and to warn that American casualties were likely. Clinton planned to discuss the crisis at an afternoon news conference. ''We're going to send planes in there,'' Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said as the Senate debated the crisis. ''Some of those planes may be shot down. Americans may be held hostage. Americans may be killed.'' The Senate may vote next week on legislation aimed at blocking funds for sending U.S. troops into Kosovo. But Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., said the debate has been altered since it now seems that a bombing campaign -- and not a peacekeeping force -- is in the works. ''It appears that an agreed settlement is not going to be achieved and the Serbian officials will not agree to have a NATO force come in in a peaceful arrangement,'' said Lott. ''This is a very serious step. We made the point that the president needs to address this issue with the American people.'' Defense Secretary William Cohen, meanwhile, ordered three more EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare planes and four KC-135 refueling aircraft to Europe to join the approximately 200 other American warplanes standing by for possible use. The aircraft include B-52 bombers and F-117 stealth fighter-bombers. There also are several U.S. Navy warships in the area, including six ships and submarines that would be expected to launch cruise missiles in the earliest stages of a NATO air attack. The House last week narrowly passed a resolution supporting a U.S. military peacekeeping presence in Kosovo, if need. The State Department started pulling dependents and nonessential employees out of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade as other governments were also evacuating their staffers from the Yugoslav capital. A few workers were to remain in the U.S. embassy to serve as a communication link, if needed, with the Yugoslav government. ''I think we'll be going to bombing pretty soon,'' Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., told reporters after Clinton's morning meeting with 31 House and Senate members. Biden said the air campaign would be ''robust and serious.'' Several other lawmakers said they thought that the bombing was probably at least a week away -- and that last-minute diplomatic pressure was still being applied by other nations on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. NATO has warned it will bomb Serbian targets if Milosevic continues to resist a proposed three-year autonomy settlement for Kosovo. As peace talks in Paris were heading toward collapse Thursday, Yugoslav forces were mobilizing on the Kosovo border for what appeared to be all-out war. Republican lawmakers who met with Clinton were generally more muted in their criticism of the administration Friday than they were the day before. ''This is a sobering time,'' said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, author of a proposal that would block Clinton from sending U.S. forces into Kosovo without meeting a set of stringent conditions, including a specific exit date. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota called the session with Clinton ''a candid meeting'' and said, ''I'm hopeful that we can resolve this matter peacefully. But if we can't, I do believe that it's important for the president to articulate our objectives and our course of action. And in the end, I believe the American people and the Congress will support him.'' The Senate debated Kosovo policy off and on throughout Friday, although no votes were expected until Tuesday at the earliest. ''Americans are going to be killed, they're going to come home in body bags,'' said Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah. ''And they will be killed in a war that Congress has not declared.'' AP-NY-03-19-99 1528EST newsday.com