I was one of those people who objected to calling what happened in Kosovo genocide. It was not. But, E Timor is indeed what the West was trying to paint Kosovo to be. One good indication that this statement is true, is that there is no historical example where the US has intervened on behalf of the victims of genocide. Present situation included.
Joshua2
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Chris Burford wrote:
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> There was some argument at the height of the Kosovo war about whether what
> was happening to the Albanian majority, was genocide. People took up
> positions for and against the use of this term partly in accordance with
> their perception of the politics behind the war. Some argued that it was
> too strong.
>
> Now in the case of East Timor, where the politics are different, can we all
> agree that what has happened and is happening, fits the working definition
> of genocide, which includes partial genocide?
>
> Or is there still a different argument, that there is no such thing as
> genocide, or that there should be no international working definition of
> it, or that governments, which are almost always either imperialist or
> capitalist, should not try to prevent it, because they themselves are
> instruments of dictatorship over the working class and any attempt to
> clothe themselves in this mantle is by definition a devious attempt the
> better to fool and exploit the people of the world?
>
> Is East Timor a case of genocide?
>
> Chris Burford
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> London