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To: nuke44 who wrote (4129)	4/16/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

To those who believe that we are getting the full story from our free press: From the BBC: The BBC's Defence Correspondent, Jonathan Marcus, says he understands that Nato's military command had prepared a detailed briefing document but at the last moment, Nato's political authorities refused to allow this to be made public. The politicians hiding the military facts. And the article goes on: At a news conference on Friday, Nato spokesman Jamie Shea said: "Nato puts its setbacks behind it ... to use a football term, we're keeping our eye on the ball." Ah ha. Bombing Kosovan refugees is a "setback." I suppose that sounds better than "collateral damage," which does sort of imply something bad; a "setback" can be minor. And it's nice to know that Nato considers this like a game. Very reassuring. news.bbc.co.uk

To: nuke44 who wrote (4129)	4/16/1999 7:02:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Respond to of 17770

>> My response to Jamie was to inform him that he need not worry that >> I was "shell-shocked" as a result of being overwhelmed by his >> rapier sharp intellect. First, thanks for the compliment nuke, I kinda like the ring "rapier sharp intellect". Don't get my anti-strike stance confused with not supporting my country in military action. On the contrary, I don't believe this conflict is a valid enough excuse to risk our military personel's lives as well as leave ourselves open for other potential serious future consequences; terrorism, return to cold-war, greater de-stabilization of eastern europe. If (when) we declare WAR all debate will be over wrt to what is right/wrong. Until then we should all question our involement ... so I'll continue being an armchair general until that happens.