OK. Since lots of people on these lists seem to think that it is not silly to contemplate that the US government or elements within the US government consciously targeted the Chinese embassy in Belgrade for bombing, I take it back and apologize to anybody who was offended by my use of such terminology. I never applied that to any individual or group of people, despite the interpretation in that vein of recent postings, only to the argument itself.
However, I still consider such a view to be extemely unlikely. The spy theory, now supported by Jim Craven in the post I have just forwarded, or the just plain goofed-up in the middle of a war (go read _Catch-22_) both seem far more likely to me as explanations of what has happened.
And, again, that it might have been an accident is no justification. All Chinese have every reason to be angry and to protest what has happened. Everyone should understand that bad stuff happens when one starts bombing intensively. The case remains unmade that the end remotely justifies the means in this case. Barkley Rosser PS: Apologies to lbo-talk for being way overquota. I am shutting up for the day. Barkley Rosser