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To: Les H who wrote (4177)	4/16/1999 11:38:00 PM
From: nuke44	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

I can see that it would be a dilemma to some, but $ and Euros for ending a succession of wars that seem to have no end seems to be a pretty good trade to me, and I bet most NATO members. Anyway, there wasn't a country in the Balkans whose economy wasn't in shambles in the before NATO operations started, besides possibly Yugoslavia and their economy was based on the premise that they could continue to displace non-Serbs and absorb their property into a Serbs only economy. It was bound for a downturn as soon as there were no more ethnics to cleanse. On a positive note, perhaps it will take a massive transfusion of money but if anyone can afford it, it's the wealthiest collection of countries in the world, NATO. The truth is, in almost a millennium of wars and conflicts, the Balkans have never really been "rebuilt". They've just withdrawn into insular, fortified, enclaves to lick their wounds and live their lives while planning revenge on each other. Maybe it's time to break the cycle of alternating atrocities. Maybe the rebuilding process can finally bring the Balkans out of the Dark Ages, where they've been stuck like a broken record, if not physically, at least psychologically, for almost nine hundred years.

To: Les H who wrote (4177)	4/17/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Les, Have you heard that it turns out that Milosevic and Clinton/NATO both knew each others plans? It turns out that some French General gave the bombing plans to Milosevic last October in an attempt to get him to negotiate rather than fight. Instead, he started telling Clinton and NATO that he would ethnically cleanse Kosovo if they started bombing. It appears that NATO and Clinton thought they could stop his ethnic cleansers with an air campaign, and thus called his hand. Looks like Milosevic knew he could pull it off. It just goes to show how imcompetent NATO and Clinton were in preparing for this showdown. It also reveals that Clinton is lying about the refugees. He knew all along what Milosevic was going to do. He just didn't think there would be any refugees because he arrogantly thought his air campaign would prevent the ethnic cleansing. Chalk up another screw-up to our Commander in Chief. -John