kirsten neilsen wrote:
> [who cares about refugees, international law, etc.]
>
> in this week's issue of Slate:
>
> Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for
> International Peace, and John Hillen, a decorated Gulf War veteran and
> a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies,
> debate the question of the moment: Should NATO send in ground troops
> to Kosovo? According to Kagan, "since the bombing began, the national
> interests at stake have grown considerably to include the future of
> NATO and the international credibility of the United States." He
> argues that if the United States has forces stationed near enough to
> mount a rapid incursion "let's get going."
Kagan was a long time apologist for the Contras. He wrote a bullshit book about Nicaragua, trying to justify the U.S. overt and covert support for the Contras. I think he was a state department official under Reagan.