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To: The Philosopher who wrote (545)	3/28/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: nihil	Respond to of 17770

U.S. troops are all over the general area -- Macedonia, Bosnia. To win a conventional ground war with Serbia would require 10 divisions anyway a few more than we have available and air superiority which we have. Instead, if ground war comes, we will insert small units in strategic locations and withdraw them, rather than hold fixed positions in the face of locally superior forces (ala Khe Sanh). We will facilitate evacuation of millions of refugees (who can't be fed or protected in place), leaving a scorched earth to the Serbians (who are scorching it right now). With Serbia's air defenses crushed (as soon as they turn them on), strategic anti-force bombing will commence until all targets are wrecked. Then the Serbian transportation system will be destroyed. Finally, the economy will be dismantled. NATO doesn't need to "destroy Kosovo to save Kosovo" -- only the Kosovars. The Serbs may be very brave and suicidal, they've shown that often in their history. But they are up against a military machine that makes the Ottoman Empire's army look like an oompah band. A few days, a few days more, and soon there is nothing left to bomb, just rubble to clean up, and bodies to bury, and politicians to hunt down and assassinate -- an favorite old Serbian custom. Shall we bring back King Peter? Is there a Karageorge pretender out there? Anyone at all?