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To: nuke44 who wrote (3634)	4/14/1999 6:15:00 AM
From: Machaon	Respond to of 17770

<< Insofar as the people of Yugoslavia have empowered Milosevic and enabled him to wage his war of ethnic supremacy, they now must face the music that is largely a product of their own actions. >> I guess it's the old case of "Be careful of what you ask for, you might get it"! I enjoyed reading your note. It contained a lot of substance. Thanks. I just listened to a rebroadcast of the Chancellor of Germany, extolling the humanitarian effort of NATO. The last time that I saw a film about a German leader pounding the pulpit and raising his voice, the leader was spouting racial hatred and world domination. Another day, another time. Now the German leader is giving a speech about saving innocent lives, preventing genocide and stopping a tyrant. It was a good experience. Regards, Bob

To: nuke44 who wrote (3634)	4/14/1999 6:50:00 AM
From: Meredith Cullen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<< Meredith, you poor, innocent child >> Should have known this would get into a shouting match. Your reply shows much more thought than the previous post, which sounded like a pep talk for fellow Americans. I respect your opinions. Incidently, I've spent 25 years of my 50 years out of this country.

To: nuke44 who wrote (3634)	4/14/1999 10:14:00 AM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

>> For what it matters, I believe NATO is doing the right thing. Firstly did you know that it was the U.S. that veto'ed the 200,000 ground troops that other NATO nations requested to start the conflict; according to Ralph Reed (MSNBC)? If those attrocities are/were really being committed then dropping bombs from 30,000 feet wouldn't save one Albanian from being shot in the back of the head in a ditch now would it ? Let's analyze the major debacles so far : 1. Declare war through congress, bahh who cares I'm Clinton. 2. Oops two days of bombing isn't enough, what gives man? 3. Ooops refugees, that wasn't supposed to happen. 4. Ooops we need another 600 planes, guess we didn't plan it right. 5. Ooops, this thing is going to last 6 months now and cost 8 billion. If we were going to "clean up" the Balkan mess we should have went in with ground troops and done it right. Rather we let a draft dodging politician run this campaign and turn it into the long dragged out nightmare. When we go to war (when we drop bombs on another nation) we should be willing to spill our own blood and do it right. If we can't stomach the body bags coming back we shouldn't even be there. If anything this thing has been a NATO-weakening event. Other nations now know NATO is too chicken to use ground forces !