British TV jury finds against Nato

Chris Burford cburford at gn.apc.org
Sun May 23 15:45:39 PDT 1999


At 21:00 23/05/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Tonight British Television's Channel Four conducted a debate to try Nato
>on the charge of blundering into the Kosovan conflict and worsening the
>humanitarian disaster.
>
>After hearing the case for Nato presented by author Michael Ignatieff
>and Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, and the case against presented by Bob
>Marshall-Andrews MP (Lab) and Germaine Greer, as well as expert
>witnesses including Jamie Shea and Sir Michael Rose, the television
>audience voted Nato guilty as charged by 61 per cent to 39 per cent.
>--
>Jim heartfield

And indeed NATO is guilty as charged in the indictment above.

Sir Michael Rose from week one was in favour of ground troops, so it is not surprising his testimony added to the case for the prosecution.

But Serbia is guilty of contravening international standards against genocide.

Do you deny it? Or just think it is somehow revolutionary to evade it?

Chris Burford



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