On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Lawrence B. Crowell wrote:
> I learned recently that Miloscovic murdered his parents. I knew before
...another CIA type propaganda article appeared in the Journal last Saturday saying his parents committed suicide. The article drew the conclusion he would probably do the same. Such is the level of character assassination being conducted in our press. The victims are the American people's desire for truth and justice.
The American press establishment has been working overtime to tell us Milosevic had killed Albanian leader Rugova to silence him, eyewitnesses were quoted. Then on Thur. night Ted Kopel showed video of Milosevic and Rugova chatting in Belgrade together, rather friendly, with Rugova saying the Serbs had protected him. Be careful of what is printed in the media.
Then Friday, Amy Goodman, on Democracy Now had a section on the large oil interest developing in the Caspian Sea area, east of Yugoslavia and the need for safe, secure pipe lines out of the area. Turns out our ambassador to one of the local countries sports a bumper sticker that says happiness is multiple pipelines. Most of the oil is owned by British companies now, some by Chevron. The oil mainly goes to Europe. The geo-political goal of the US is to control the pipe lines, if not the oil fields. Who controls the pipelines controls much of the policies of Europe, in an energy dependent world. The pipelines need to cross the Caucasian and Balkan areas to get to Europe, to avoid the Kurds, Iran, and Iraq areas where they get blown up a lot. And allowing them to cross Russian would convey prestige and control over aspects of European trade policies. This helps understand the real humanitarian goals of this mission, help the oil companies, especially Chevron, as we do in Africa by turning our heads to their involvement in suppressing local groups.
You might also ask why their is no exit strategy to this "humanitarian" war? There is no plan to leave until our bases are secured all around, and as near Moscow as possible. Newsweek magazine cover has the key question: Where will it end? Most like on the outskirts of Moscow, to protect our clients if the population rebels against crowny capitalism.
Some are saying Clinton's bombing campaign is forcing refugees into countries with high unemployment, like Germany and France, where right wing nationalist politicians are expanding their base by opposing more foreigners looking for the few jobs. Clinton is possibly ushering in the next wave of Nazi nationalism in Europe as he supports the oil companies with the war to secure the oil line routes. And we are now to send millions to feed and house and employ, probably, the Albanian refugees pressuring the countries nearby. Lovely little war Clinton and the cruise-missile liberals have going.
bob