Rugova Calls for Continuation of NATO airstrikes

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 19 09:06:41 PDT 1999


Michael Pollak wrote:


>
>On Tue, 18 May 1999, Nathan Newman wrote:
>> But those who have argued that the intervention has accomplished nothing for
>> the Kosovars and that, in the name of the Kosovars, the intervention should
>> end - well, they might take the desires of Rugova and the whole range of
>> Kosovar leadership that apparently think the intervention is effective
>> enough on their behalf that it should not end.
>
>This representative argument leaves out one important point: the KLA has
>killed several moderate Albanians who have disagreed with its policies in
>the past. Many people who would oppose them are cowed, and Rugova might
>be among them. And in such an atmosphere, lack of vocal opposition
>silence can't be taken as affirmation.

Speaking of which, Nathan, I'm waiting for your comments on Paul Watson's latest LA Times article, which found little evidence for your horror stories on the Kosovan ground. Is he a dupe of Milosevic too? Is the Times Mirror Corp. being run from Belgrade?

Doug



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