Civilian targets "legitimate"

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 05:14 PM 6/1/99 -0400, Max Sawicky wrote:
>I'm ready to get off this bus.  I see no movement towards efforts
>to protect Kosovars or their interests by Nato.  In light of this
>deficiency, we've only got what amount to serial atrocities by
>Nato.
>
>I could see potential merit in a rescue invasion, if that's not
>an oxymoron, but my criteria would be:  an explicit declaration
>of war by the U.S., ratified by Congress; war aims explicitly to
>secure the independence of Kosova or its annexation by Albania,
>and to stay out of Serbia except to protect Kosova; no economic
>dictat for any country in the region; a halt to any bombing of
>non-military targets, narrowly defined; a different U.S.
>president leading the campaign; the absence of
>Albright/Berger/Cohen in said U.S. Administration.
>
>Clinton is an evil, chicken-hearted swine who should be
>impeached.  His policy to minimize U.S. casualties in order to
>make a symbolic gesture and forego a decline in his polling
>numbers has harmed Kosova no less than Milo.  It could also cost
>more lives on all sides in the longer term.

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Max, you are my friend again :)

wojtek