----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 3:57 PM Subject: FWD: Letter from Stella J. STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG Listen well, my friends, This is a message of hope. This is a message that must be shared with you and with others who feel, too many times as I have, the frustrations and the dispair that no one is listening. This is a message that proves that hearts CAN be changed for which we all pray. That prayer, in my case, has been answered. On August 24 1998, a letter was published in The Washington Times titled "Serbian propaganda and the truth about Kosovo," written by Mr. Chad Nagle. The letter, which consisted of three exceedingly long columns and took up the entire Letters section, attacked both myself and the Yugoslav Charge d'affaires for being Serbian propagandists and then proceeded with his version of the truth about Kosovo based on books such as Noal Malcolm's "Kosovo - A Short History." On 22 February, I received a copy of a letter Mr. Nagle had written to the Serbian Unity Congress. I cannot tell you how stunned I was to be reading a letter in which Mr. Nagle writes: I would like to take this opportunity to express my regret for this irresponsible letter, and to attempt to make amends," and also writes, "if my appalling letter contributed even the most minute influence on policy-makers in Washington who were considering the war on Yugoslavia, I am deeply sorry." I have been given permission by Mr. Nagle's to publish his entire letter which appears below. I wish to express my gratitude to Mr. Nagle for showing such strength of character by writing the letter to SUC, for his honesty and for expressing his good wishes towards the Serbian people as he could have just as easily remained silent for his own protection. I wrote him personally for "restoring my faith in humanity without sounding too maudlin (as women tend to be) as it is not very often we find someone who is fair minded enough to admit that they have erred in judgment and are willing to make corrections [amends]. Thank you." ______________________________________ From: Chad Nagle Subject: Web Master message 2/22/100 19:49 Dear Sirs: This message is long overdue. On 24 August 1998, I wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Times ("Serbian propaganda and the truth about Kosovo"), in which I attacked both Stella Jatras and the Charge d'Affaires of the Yugoslav Embassy, for what I characterized as extreme Serbian nationalism. I would like to take this opportunity to express my regret for this irresponsible letter, and to attempt to make amends. It is an unfortunate fact about most Americans, and I was no exception in this case, that we tend to pass judgment on places to which we have never been. I have never been to Serbia, and my letter was based on merely having read a few books, most notably Noel Malcolm's "Kosovo - A Short History." Dr. Malcolm has, since writing this book, apparently sided with the terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army, and is now an apologist for the very worst atrocities being committed in the name of the Albanians by the KLA. Friends and colleagues of mine who I trust, among them John Laughland of the British Helsinki Human Rights Group (BHHRG), have since dispelled my illusions on the subject of Serbia. I stand now a convert to the belief that the sovereignty of Yugoslavia, which includes Kosovo, must be respected and upheld. NATO's war was a criminal act, and if my appalling letter contributed even the most minute influence on policy-makers in Washington who were considering the war on Yugoslavia, I am deeply sorry. I am sorry anyway, as I have no doubt that the suffering of Serbs under the NATO occupation regime must be very dire indeed. Christianity has a maxim: "To err is human, to forgive divine." I am hopeful that my previous, misguided beliefs can be forgiven. I hope to travel to Serbia in the near future, and to report on what is really going on there. My European friends tell me that their port cities have been overrun by Albanian drug-smugglers, thieves and other criminals, and I am filled with shame at the thought that my own country, the United States, is responsible for this. One day, I hope that the Serbs will allowed to peacefully raise their proud nation from the ruins of NATO's aggression, and go on to prosper in a manner they deserve. If I can be of some small help in this process, I will. Sincerely yours, Chad Nagle. ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Enter to win $1000 at winfreestuff.com! What else do you want to win? If you want cash, gourmet foods, palm pilots, and other great prizes don't look any further than winfreestuff.com! We've got what you want. Check it out at: http://www.listbot.com/links/winfreestuff2
