-Caveat Lector-
U.S. MOVES INTO "YUPPIE FOXHOLE"
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(CNNS, 04/04/99) -- An Op-Ed column in today's New York Times
calls the growing Yugoslav crisis a "Yuppie Foxhole." [1]
Maureen Dowd, author of the column, notes in part that "Yuppies
are going to war. The most self-indulgent generation in history
is being asked to sacrifice by the most self-indulgent Commander
in Chief in history." [2]
Dowd sounds the alarm: "The moment we've been dreading has
arrived. Put down that Restoration Hardware penguin cocktail
shaker. Climb out of that Pottery Barn French Deco leather club
chair. Finish up that echinacea-flavored focaccia." [3]
Arise, Ye Yuppie People!
But like before, during the Vietnam War, the Yuppie class and
their spawn aren't likely to shiver in any foxholes. They will
experience the hardships vicariously, via cable TV.
As in previous U.S.-sponsored aggressions, "The first casualty of
war is Truth." Who really blew up the U.S.S. Maine and thereby
"justified" the American invasion of Cuba? Who spread the
hysterical "Rape of the Belgian Nuns" lie which helped send U.S.
doughboys to their deaths? Why did the U.S. government sit back
and allow Pearl Harbor, when they had advance warning of the
Japanese attack? How is it that U.S. mass media got suckered
into the "Iraq incubator babies" story?
Most of all, why do so many Americans not question the
credibility of U.S. mainstream news reports concerning the
present situation in Yugoslavia?
This news service has received some angry e-mails from readers,
calling CNNS "murderers" for our skepticism regarding simplistic
demonizing portrayals of the Serbs. Maybe, like Eugene Debs, who
tried to keep American boys out of the World War I
slaughterhouse, this editor will suffer for expressing doubts
about the wisdom of U.S. involvement. Oh well....
Some news items you may have missed:
(1) In a previous report by this news service, it was speculated
that a pretext for sending NATO ground troops into the Kosovo
quagmire might be fake reports that "Serbs Beat Their Dogs!" A
new aspect on this may be, "Serbs Murder Zoo Animals!" A Reuters
report now says that the director of the Belgrade Zoo states that
"his staff would be forced to shoot and kill all its dangerous
animals to keep them from escaping into the streets if NATO bombs
fell on the capital." [4]
(2) Mexico, our "NAFTA Neighbor," condemns the NATO bombing:
"Mexico's state-run news agency, Notimex, published an editorial
yesterday (Mar. 31) accusing NATO of violating international law
with its air strikes on Yugoslavia." [5]
(3) In previous CNNS reports, it has been asked, "How much $$$ is
this costing?" The money being spent and to be spent on the
emerging Yuppie War in Yugoslavia is almost never mentioned in
the U.S. mass media. This editor has yet to see *any* discussion
of the financial aspect, by the mainstream U.S. media. But a
report by Agence France-Presse (AFP) puts the cost thus far as
$500 million dollars. "Extended intervention could cost the
United States billions more," adds AFP [6]
(4) In Rome, 80 THOUSAND demonstrators "took to the streets of
Rome Saturday against NATO bombings of Yugoslavia in response to
a call for protest issued by Italian political parties, trade
unions and peace groups." [7]
(5) The Boston Globe reports on "a new menace stalking Europe."
The leaders of this new menace "espouse the geopolitical ideas of
Nazism and the tactics of Hitler." And what is the name of this
new evil? A-m-e-r-i-c-a is its name, according to an
"increasingly popular view shared by people in a wide swath of
the planet stretching from Russia's Pacific coast to the Balkans,
where NATO's airstrikes against Yugoslavia have set off a
virulent anti-American backlash." [8]
(6) A recent antiwar concert in Greece brought together 60,000
people: "President Clinton was compared in posters to Hitler;
NATO was spelled out as 'Nazi American Terrorist Organization';
and posters warned of 'a new Vietnam' in Europe." [9]
(7) There is SNAFU ("Situation Normal: All Fu**ed Up"). There
is TACFU ("Totally And Completely Fu**ed Up"). But the highest
level of screw-up is designated, by irate military personnel,
FUBAR ("Fu**ed Up Beyond All Repair"). Referring to the growing
Yugoslav debacle, Arnold Crittendon, a retired intelligence
analyst, says, "It was ill conceived, poorly executed and fatally
flawed. The boys at the Pentagon tell me that the amateurs at
the White House rammed this thing down their throats and they are
choking on it." [10] In other words, the NATO Yugoslav operation
is FUBAR, according to U.S. military brass who are not allowed to
openly criticize Bill Clinton, their Commander-in-Chief.
(8) According to Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former U.S. Secretary
of State, NATO is now "in a corner." In a New York Times Op-Ed
piece, dated April 4, 1999, Eagleburger writes, in part, that "if
the current bombing campaign in Yugoslavia fails to end the
bloodshed in Kosovo soon, the United States and NATO will have
suffered a very serious defeat and will face a very unpleasant
choice: Do we tuck our tail between our legs or do we mount a
land campaign involving several hundred thousand troops and the
certainty of substantial casualties?" [11]
....Oh well. It is, as Maureen Dowd says, a Yuppie Foxhole. It
is, as William Norman Grigg says, a Kosovo Quagmire. But if you
get bored watching baseball, martial entertainments from
Yugoslavia can also be enjoyed with hot dogs and beer.
---------------------------<< Notes >>---------------------------
[1] "Yuppie Foxhole," by Maureen Dowd. New York Times web site,
Op-Ed page, 4/4/99
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] "Belgrade zoo to shoot animals if NATO strikes," Reuters,
4/2/99.
[5] Truth in Media GW Bulletin on Kosovo Crisis, Day 9, Update 1.
www.truthinmedia.org
[6] "Cost of US intervention in Kosovo starts to mount," AFP,
4/3/99.
[7] "International demos against both NATO and Yugoslavia," AFP,
4/3/99
[8] "The Backlash: Growing numbers in Europe believe enemy is
America," by David Filipov and Toula Vlahou. Boston Globe, 4/4/99
[9] Ibid.
[10] Capitol Hill Blue, "The Rant," ca. 4/4/99.
www.capitolhillblue.com/newspage.htm
[11] "NATO, In a Corner," by Lawrence S. Eagleburger. New York
Times web site, Op-Ed page, 4/4/99
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