For all their stupidity apparently the top US policymakers are aware of the questionable nature of the UCK/KLA and reluctant to get too involved with it, despite their puffing it up at Rambouillet, according to the infamous Washington Post anyway. Offhand I would say that their attitude is somewhat incoherent. Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Chris Burford <cburford at gn.apc.org> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 6:30 PM Subject: Re: NATO kills again
>At 14:02 14/05/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Various wire service reports indicate NATO has killed between 80 and 200
>>women, children and old folks in an attack on a village. Cluster bombs
>>may have been used.
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>This reinforces the Salon article that Nathan quoted. The discussion on the
>BBC is about the inevitably of continued mistakes if the sole method of the
>war is high level air attacks. I am sure the article is correct that there
>is a difference between leftists in the US and in Europe.
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>Public opinion in Britain has been favouring a ground attack. This latest
>disaster is as likely to strengthen that view as to weaken it.
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>Apparently among the forces holding back the Apache helicopters is the
>Pentagon warning about the risk from Serb air defences.
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>What is not clear is why there is a reluctance to arm the Kosovans.
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>Chris Burford
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