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To: Graystone who wrote (9970)	5/26/1999 9:59:00 PM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Yes but we absolutely overestimate the chance of opposition to Milosevec - out bombing just stiffens the resolve of the people. The crimes that are being perpetrated are horrific - and no doubt have been increased by 10 or 20 fold because of the bombing.

To: Graystone who wrote (9970)	5/26/1999 10:34:00 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Ahahaha--- All of you mouse potatoe warriors hacking up the spoils---Ahahahaha rdrrrrr

To: Graystone who wrote (9970)	5/26/1999 10:35:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

Assume you're right. Assume Milosovic capitulates totally tomorrow, says whatever you want you get, period. I give up totally. You win, end of discussion. Put whatever you want in front of me, I will sign it. (would we dare say "we won't accept your signature because you're an indicited war criminal, we don't accept your surrender? No. If there's a clear peace offer accepting Nato terms, Germany and Italy would insist that it be signed. So we keep dealing with Milosovic.) So there's a clear deal. All Yugoslav troops out, 100,000 Nato troops in with armor, everything they want, all Kosovans to return (to what?!), etc. Before we can expect Yugoslav troops to actually withdraw, we have to stop the bombing. They can't be expected to come out of their bunkers while they are being bombed. So we stop bombing. So the pullout is supposed to start the next day. Two days later it hasn't started. Then it starts, but very slowly. The Kosovans can't start coming back yet, and we can't start putting in troops yet. This goes on -- Milosovic says we have to repair the bridges to get our armor out so that has to happen before we can withdraw, whatever. We know that Nato would never approve a restart of the bombing unless Milo openly defied Nato, and probably not even then. So summer comes on, we still aren't in there rebuilding homes for the Kosovars, meanwhile Milosovic is repairing his infrastructure . . . You write the scenario. There is no way we win.