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To: henry8th who wrote (114)	3/24/1999 11:31:00 PM
From: Dave Reed	Respond to of 17770

Why not go even closer to home. In the 1980's, Wilson Goode, the mayor of Philadelphia at the time, fire bombed an entire city block to the ground because a group called "Move" was not living up to the city sanitation standards (they were raising goats in their apartment.) Philadelphia's always good for a bomb or two if Clinton is looking for some easy targets. A side benefit, fully exploited by Mr. Goode at the time, is that you can then have the city hire your friend the developer to rebuild the bombed-out block at something like 10-20 times the normal going rate for housing construction. That could certainly turn around the fortunes of Whitewater Development.

To: henry8th who wrote (114)	3/24/1999 11:52:00 PM
From: DoubleOddBuck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

In answer to your question, the Canadian Commitment to Kosovo is 6 F-18's, of which 4 took part in the first wave. C'est Tu. Think about this, there are more Fighters on ONE American Aircraft Carrier then the entire Canadian Armed Forces. The only Country with the fire power to even contemplate this kind of response is the USA. Nobody else on the planet can even come close to matching the US Forces. Europe by itself would not have the political will to launch a attack on the Serbs. This is a US action and NATO is "Taging along for the ride" because they are backed into a corner with 4 years of negiotions with the Serbs which have had little or no success. The Muslim people are being wiped out in Kosovo by the Orthodox Christian Serbs. The Russians, also Orthodox Christian, and probably feel like they should help there brother serbs but are powerless to do anything considering they can hardly feed themselves, but it could be a big problem if Russia tried to directly or indirectly help. This action started today, could only happen with Major US support, and might have other political implications like trying to win the support of friendly Muslim states for other objectives. This is the Worst kind of War, religious. If the US and NATO did not act in Serbia, but still insisted on drawing a hardline with Iraq I am sure that would not sit well with the Muslim world. Saudi Arabia recently banned US jets from launcing air strikes on Iraq from Saudi Bases, and the US has a serious PR problem in many Muslim countries. Thats the way I see it...Add political support from Muslim countries to the list of reason why this is happening.