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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (2233)	4/6/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

>>then why didn't Greece support the NATO move? Don't you think they >>would be worried since they are right next door? Exactly. Those are the countries (Italy & Greece) that will have to live beside Yugoslavia forever (pending plate techtonics as Lather&Rinse mentioned) ... and their against it but were to afraid to veto the NATO motion for fear of losing NATO protection and possibly suffering economic sactions. We really have no business there at ALL!

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (2233)	4/6/1999 8:55:00 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

<<then why didn't Greece support the NATO move? Don't you think they would be worried since they are right next door?>> No, because the Greeks (orthodox) are long time supporters of the Serbs. Its a miracle we have held them on board for this long, especially in talks of setting up a muslim Kosovar government, which would definately threaten Greek interests in regards Turkey. Which brings us to what security risks were involved to NATO: Greece and Turkey have been at each others throats for a decade. The very day that we started operations in Kosovo it was learned that a Greek AA missile unit lit up a Turkish F16 in international waters, nearly sparking an open conflict between those two nations. Now, the Greeks are long time supporters of their fellow Orthodox Serbs, and Turkey is a supporter of muslim Kosovar Albanians. The Greeks fear that the Kosovars could be used by Turkey to put pressure on Greece, and Turkey opposes Serbian crackdowns on Kosovar Albanians. The potential for the outbreak of open hostilities between two NATO nations, inflamed by the Kosovo situation, and the potential for drawing in Albania and other neighboring countries, is not far fetched. Several years ago when Bosnia was finally cooling off, Kosovo and Macedonia were recognized as the potential endgame flame points in the Balkans. This is not a new development invented for propoganda. This is quite public knowledge which has been commented upon for several years now. Nuke is quite on target.

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (2233)	4/6/1999 9:10:00 PM
From: nuke44	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17770

That tiny, insular world you live in must be a happy, warm, little place. Tell Laa-Laa and Po I said hi. Is there anyone else here that is unaware of Greece's ties to the ethnic Serbs and their motives for not supporting NATO actions against Serbia? Is anyone else here not aware that one of the most critical mission's of NATO over the past fifty years following their mission to stand against the Warsaw Pact was to keep Greece and Turkey from going to all out war against each other? Is their anyone else here that is unaware that the war(s) in the former Yugoslavia were moving inexorably towards involving Greece in a conflict in Macedonia and possibly Albania? Is anyone else unaware that any actions on the part of Greece that could be remotely interpreted as hostile to the Muslims in those areas left over from Turkey's Ottoman Empire would be the impetus to set Greece and Turkey back at war? Is there anyone else who doesn't see what such a conflagration of nations from the northern Adriatic to the Middle East would inevitably lead to? I hope so. And you, Papaya King, say hello to Dipsy and Tinky Winky too.