Toward a NATO war sum-up

[Seth Ackerman]

Yes. Rambouillet's occupation of all Yugoslavia is gone from yesterday's
settlement; so is the referendum on Kosovo independence. Also, a
contingent of Russian troops operating under separate (non-NATO) command
will be there -- an idea the Serbs had floated back in Rambouillet. The
only part that's worse than Ramb. from the Yugoslav perspective is that
they'll only get to keep 1000 troops in Kosovo instead of 2500 -- not
exactly devastating.

Seth


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Anderson Bob [SMTP:band at unm.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, June 10, 1999 2:24 PM
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> Subject:	Toward a NATO war sum-up
> 
> Did not the settlement to end the war drop the Rambouilet demand for
> NATO occupation of Yugoslavia?  If so this might be a victory, even if
> Kosovo  was lost.  But then, that occupation could come in a
> few years.  As we see in Iraq, the US/NATO will find more reasons to
> continue the hostility.  This was not war but an exmple of what the
> technologies of the space based military assets of the US can do to
> lesser
> developed powers.  It was more like a high-tech drive-by murder by a
> serial killer.  What do people do against such awesome technology?
> Albright and Clinton were proven right, air power can win if total war
> is
> unleashed against an inferior power.  The US has still not over come
> the
> Vitenam syndrome and remains vulnerable to a real resistance power, if
> one
> exists.  Is it internal, or economic, or foreign terrorists?   
> 
> bob anderson