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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9583)	5/23/1999 2:46:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Ron, res- Now that we're in this mess, and we can't relive the past, how would you resolve this issue beginning tomorrow?? I believe I discussed this in my previous post, but let me offer this clarity. First of all we need to recognize that the course we are on offers little hope for success. And that we are not doing the people of Yugoslovia any favors by bombing them day after day and killing their people. Until we get the parties to agree with this premise, any further solutions are academic. Then we need to stop the bombing and challenge our assumptions regarding what solutions are viable. Engaging Milosovic in dialogue would be a good starting point. Perhaps the general secretary of the U.N. could act as an emisary and look for way's to end the war with terms acceptable to both parties. What's simplistic is to believe that throwing bombs at Yugoslovia will force them to give up their homeland. Let me ask you this, if another country started bombing the United States and we were helpless to stop them. Do you think we would just give up, leave and say, here take it?? Michael

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9583)	5/23/1999 3:13:00 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

>>That's why I asked if you had an ideas on a resolution.<< I would say: First find out if an army of willing soldiers can be raised from amongst the refugees. If so, then train them, arm them, and give them air support for a counterattack to re-take Kosovo. This way you get the necessary ground troops without ruffling the feathers of NATO countries. In the meantime, if you're going to raise that army, start targeting military targets instead of civilian, while prepping the place for a land offensive. This would probably include oil tankers and the like. If an army of willing soldiers can't be raised from the refugees, call the whole thing off, and stop the bombing. We need to find out how important Kosovo is to the people who've actually been dislodged from there. Another, probably less fair but perhaps workable approach would be to bring in the B52s and make Belgrade into a rubble heap. That kind of hurt upon the Serbian populace might cause the toppling of Milosevic. I would never personally support this although I do think it could work. It's been said in any case that the people of that area on all sides have "hardened hearts." If this is true and cannot be fundamentally changed, again I don't see why we're there. FWIW Andy