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To: LTK007 who wrote (352)	3/27/1999 4:00:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

ot take over the Balkans(including Greece) If Greece were invaded, it would be the same response and result as when Iraq invaded Kuwait. Massive military response. Serbia knows this. They aren't going to play that game.

To: LTK007 who wrote (352)	3/27/1999 4:49:00 PM
From: Dave Reed	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

I agree with you that the real reasons for our intervention are likely to be different than our stated humanitarian aims. Dropping bombs into this mess seems to be making a bad situation worse from a humanitarian point of view. However, I'm not sure that preventing a Serbian conquest of the Balkans is a real fear either. They've been in reverse for the last few years and don't even control all of what was Yugoslavia. I know I'm going to sound naive when I say this, but I think we are setting a terrible example when we engage in the use of force to try to solve a problem like this. We lose all moral high-ground and really are, in my opinion, acting just like the terrorists who resort to bombs to settle their political grievances. I don't know if we can solve the problems of Kosovo in the short term, but if we want to solve the problem of violence in the world, I think we must do our best to control what is in our power -- our own use of violence. We need to encourage those in other countries to do likewise. It's time for the US to return to being the shining city on the hill; the light of liberty illuminating the world. Let's provide a positive example to which the rest of the world can aspire. Then the oppressed peoples of the world, in their millions, can face-up to the mini-Hitlers of the world, in their dozens, with an uplifting example in their souls. We can't police the world. We can't set things right through force. It doesn't work, and it hasn't worked. It only makes things worse. The Serbians and Albanians are still fighting over an event that took place 800 years ago. How long will people suffer the consequences of our actions this week? Let's take care of the war-like in our own country and pray for others to take care of those in theirs. Dave