> > However, the ambivalent attitude towards the UN/NATO is widespread. Our
> > western 'anti-NATO' 'anti-imperialists' could never get to grips with
the
> > situation. They would see the vast UN/NATO operations, the military
> > roadblocks everywhere, the total UN control of society, the ever
growing
> > alliance between the self-appointed Albanian political leadership
coming
> > out of the UCK) and the western powers, the all prevailing growth of
> > corruption and the attacks on Serbs and they would triumphantly declare
> > 'Well what do you expect from an imperialist invasion?'. But what these
> > people never really got to understand was the nature of the previous
> > imperialist invasion - from Belgrade. Most Kosovars we spoke to were
clear
> > that they had not yet got the independence they wanted but one thing
they
> > knew for sure - the present occupiers were a million times preferable to
the
> > last ones. The new authorities are not randomly killing them
Hyperbole, no?
Ted