Max's practical import

Seth Ackerman SAckerman at FAIR.org
Thu May 27 15:09:29 PDT 1999


Max wrote:


>>I agree that bombing gave Milo cover to be more brutal than otherwise
in the given time frame. In other words, with no bombing I would say Kosovo could have gotten into similar straits over a more protracted period. Milo could have gradually escalated his criminal deeds to simlar effect, helped by NATO rhetorical dithering and provocations by the KLA.
>>Semicolon.

For someone who spells Kosovo with an "a" this is an strange position to take. You're saying that it's good that we've made things worse for the Kosovars by bombing -- because, had we not bombed, things might have gotten as bad as they are now anyway.


>>I still think an emphasis on self-determination for Kosova in the
face of Milo's behavior was preferable to reflexive anti-bombing
>>and remains valid in principle.

I agree with the emphasis on self-determination for Kosovo. That is what Milosevic accepted at Rambouillet and the U.S. blocked, because it insisted on NATO troops to enforce the deal.



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