Max's practical import

[Seth Ackerman]

The fact that Milo accepted autonomy for Kosovo in exchange for
demilitarization of the KLA and protection of the Serb minority in
Kosovo is not controversial. You can go back and read the wire service
dispatches from Rambouillet in February -- U.S., British, French,
Italian, and Russian officials are all on record as saying this. It was
agreed by all parties that the sticking point was the nature of the
proposed peacekeeping force.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	sawicky at epinet.org [SMTP:sawicky at epinet.org]
> Sent:	Friday, May 28, 1999 10:47 AM
> To:	lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject:	RE: Max's practical import
> 
> > Max wrote:
> 
> First off, if you're going to repost my timeless prose
> and omit sentences that render the remaining even less
> intelligible, please insert elipses to reflect
> your 'editing.'
> 
> > >>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 have no idea how you infer this from anything I've written, now
> or any other time.
> 
> >
> > 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. >
> 
> Milosevic accepts self-determination for Kosova?  Good grief.
> 
> mbs