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To: JBL who wrote (8637)	5/16/1999 2:57:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 17770

JBL--- Some of it is just war, some of it is sicker than that---"who's bombing us?" Great description of the realities on the ground! Talking about the volunteers made me think of "Taxi". There is a revolution in Latke Gravas's country, and it turns out that Latke is a general. A motley crew turns out at Mario's for a farewell party before leaving for the front. At the end, someone describes the actual situation, which is that the rebels are surrounded on five sides by a vastly superior force, and suddenly they lose their ardor for the mission. In the end, even the ones trying to cajole the others into going lose heart, because the mission is so obviously futile. And that is the happy ending, when the guys from the garage and we in the audience are flooded with relief...

To: JBL who wrote (8637)	5/16/1999 3:50:00 PM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

'WHO'S bombing us? Who's bombing us?" the young soldier yells to one of the commanders. We are under heavy aerial bombardment - by both Serb planes and Nato >> How can Serbian air force take of over Kosovo! There are 1000 palnes flyinn over Serbia nd Kosov, and there are AWACS and satelites, and you name it. There are no runaways left unbombed and a few planes left are well hidden. No Serbian pilot is stupid enough to take-0ff!