from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC: subject: Kosovo details from pathetic London Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 Forward from Comrade mart. > >Even the Capitalist and Imperlialist press cannot hide the truth >about NATO aggression anymore. This piece is from the Times of >London. The times: we lost Kosovo > >> >>>Only now can we see how we lost in Kosovo The Times (London) >>>Published: March 14 2000 Author: M. Grove > >>>Nato has never been weaker than in the year since the West's >'victory'. >>Like Margaret Thatcher, and indeed John Major, Tony >Blair fought a war >within>>months of coming to office....He was >happy enough to use the backdrop of >the >>prime ministerial "bunker" >during the conflict, for all the world as though>>he were Churchill >weathering another blitz. The real reason the Government>is >>so >reluctant to be reminded of Kosovo is because, unlike the Falklands, >or>>even the Gulf, we lost. > >>>The scale of our defeat has really become apparent only in the past >week.>The >>world's attention has been drawn back to Kosovo by the >melancholy first >>anniversary of the bombing campaign. In the >immediate aftermath of the war, >>the Government was anxious to >declare victory, and move on. Ticks were >>recorded on the Blairite >pledge card for Kosovo, "Serb troops >>out, our troops in, the >refugees back home". But the superficiality of that>>premature self- >congratulation has now become woefully apparent. It has all >>the >value for posterity of Mr Major's fatuous declaration at the end >of the >>Maastricht negotiations that he had won "game, set and >match". History is>one >>referee>>whose judgments you cannot pre- >empt. > >>>For if one looks at the real war aims in Kosovo, just as if one >considers>Mr>>Major's genuine aspirations at Maastricht, the record >is one of distress,>>division and defeat. Maastricht did not mark a >high tide for federalism,it>>did not unite the Tory party and it >did >>not signal that Europe was at last going Britain's way. In >Kosovo, Britain>>was fighting to maintain the credibility of the Nato >alliance, to uphold>the>>principle of multi-ethnic government and to >remove Slobodan Milosevic (a>>modern Hitler, lest we forget). >>On >each point we have failed. Nato has never been weaker than in >the >>aftermath of Kosovo. The alliance's main strategic function has >been the >>maintenance of a community of interest between Europe and >America. But the >>Kosovo campaign has done more damage to that than >it ever did to the Serb >>Army. > > >>The recent dispute over security lapses in Nato, which allowed >the Serbs to >>anticipate bombings, was played down by the Europeans >only to be played up >by >>Washington. America was, and is, livid >that its ability to operate >>effectively was compromised by the >failure of its European allies to police >>secure information. The >problem is not an isolated "spy" in Nato >headquarters >>but the >conflicting priorities of the member nations. France, Greece >and >>Italy all had their disagreements with a bombing strategy to >which their >>airmen hardly contributed. Within each of those nations >enjoying access to >>plans with which they disagreed, the potential >for leakage was always >there, >>and it is unsurprising that the >Serbs >>were able to exploit this dissension. > > >>America's anger at Europe's unreliability has only grown since >the campaign >>ended. The European nations, far from learning the >appropriate lesson and >>resolving to shoulder a bigger burden of >defence expenditure within a more >>coherent alliance, have directed >their energies towards creating a new, >more >>exclusive, European >architecture for defence. Romano Prodi >>has made it clear he wants >to build a European army. Javier Solana's plans >>for a European >defence and security identity combined with the French >>Minister >Hubert Vedrine's gibes about the American "hyperpower" are >clear >>indications that a new Iron Curtain is being constructed. >Across the >>Atlantic. > >>>The bitterest irony of this juvenile Gaullism is that where >European forces >>are supposed to be acting in concert, in Kosovo >itself, they are paralysed >by >>ethnic strife. Not just between >Serbs and Albanians, but between French and >>British. The Western >effort to police Kosovo is a tragic failure on every >>level. In >areas such as Mitrovica, a co-ordinated attempt to >restrain >Kosovan >>terrorism against remaining Serbs is hampered by >division between French >>personnel and other "peacekeepers". While >Western nations squabble, the >>Kosovans pursue their own criminal >campaign of ethnic cleansing. > > >>Agim Ceku of the KLA, described, apparently without irony, by >Madeleine >>Albright as a Balkan Gerry Adams, makes his Ulster >counterpart look like a >>Belfast Madeleine Albright. Not only have >Mr Ceku's troops failed to >>decommission their weapons, they're >letting them loose on a nightly basis. >>They have been used to mount >a campaign of anti-Serb and anti-Gypsy >>intimidation that has made a >mockery of any attempts to to build a >>multi-ethnic Kosovo. > > >>The KLA presides over a drug-smuggling operation responsible for >40 per >cent >>of the heroin sold in Europe and the US. And where, in >this criminal >>paradise, is the West's police force, Kfor? In the >words of the >>vice-president of the international narcotics >enforcement association, they >>"may as well be on another >>planet >when it comes to tackling these guys". > >>>And, indeed, the West's forces might as well have been bombing Mars >last >year >>for all the difference they made to Mr Milosevic's >position. The war >allowed >>him to liquidate opposition, nurture the >limitless Serb appetite for >revenge >>and prepare for a strike >against Montenegro, confident that he has bled the >>West dry of any >appetite for further >>intervention. If that's defeat, he must think, >then I can't wait for >>humiliation. And if our campaign in Kosovo >was a victory, then can our next>>war please be a defeat?> JC > > ************* > >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 15 2000 >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Power to the People" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Peoples Voice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Radio Televizija Srbije" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "John Clancy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Tony W. Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Roger ROMAIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Fw: [sn-vesti 3371] Hackworth-The bottomless pit >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 > >Forward from Comrade mart. >-----Original Message----- >From: doslos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Global Community Centre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: March 14, 2000 5:44 PM >Subject: Fw: [sn-vesti 3371] Hackworth-The bottomless pit > >>-----Original Message----- >>Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 2:47 PM >>Subject: [sn-vesti 3371] Hackworth-The bottomless pit > >>>Kosovo, the bottomless pit >>>Worldnetdaily >>>Published: 14 March 2000 Author: David H. Hackworth > >>>Remember last May when President Clinton and his cabal were crowing >over >how >>Serbia was whipped by NATO air power, and Secretary of >State Madeleine >>Albright was leading the chorus in "Happy Times Are >Here Again"? Kosovo was >>saved, right? > > >>I don't think so. > >>>Kosovo's become just one more major foreign-policy screw-up. But >it's no >>small wonder that few folks on Main Street have gotten the >word about how >bad >>things there really are. The Clinton hype >machine has been extra busy >>covering up, with no small assist from >all the fuss over the >primary-campaign >>follies. > >>>In fact, Kosovo remains a blood-filled, bottomless hate pit where >things >get >>worse with the explosion of every grenade, booby trap >and rocket. Not >exactly >>Happy Valley. > >>>The place is as bad as Dodge City during its wildest days. NATO >troops are >>being shot or fragged on sight. American paratroopers >were recently chased >>out of Mitrovica by angry mobs hurling sticks >and stones. Now they've been >>ordered not to leave their sector or >return to that divided city by the >>Pentagon -- which these days >believes high tech wars fought >>from three miles up is the way to >win fights down in the mud. > >>>Our paratroopers are now basically confined to their bunkers. >U.S. >casualties >>mean headlines and maybe some of our citizens >waking up and asking tough >>questions like: Why are we there anyway, >when the Balkans have nothing to >do >>with our national security? > >>>Ironically, Gen. Klaus Reinhardt, NATO's high sheriff of Kosovo, >finds >>himself stuck in the same Balkan swamp as his German >predecessors during >>World War II. The Nazis tried to quell the >natives with bayonets and >>brutality and learned the hard way >there's no way to tame the crazies. > > >>Reinhardt, who apparently hasn't studied German history, actually >allowed >>himself to be disarmed by the very Albanians he's there to >save. His pistol >>was lifted from his holster while he was in the >middle of an Albanian crowd >>in downtown Mitrovica last month! A >neat metaphor for the whole >ex-Yugoslavia >>mess: The >>people you >come to liberate steal your weapon -- and then might even shoot >>you >with it. > >>>As our troops in Vietnam -- on another senseless mission -- used to >say, >"That >> says it all!" > > >>Besides using NATO troops for target practice, Albanian terrorists >are now >>cranking up a fresh reign of terror in southern Serbia >designed to snatch >>another 500 square miles of Serb land for >Kosovo. > > >>These rebels are supported by the same drug-running thugs -- the >former >>Kosovo Liberation Army -- who triggered the Kosovo crisis in >the first >place. >>The same hoods embraced by Albright, who's trying >to clean them up with a >new >>title -- the Kosovo Protection Corps. >It's kind of like renaming the Mafia >>"Citizens For A Better >Tomorrow." > > >>The Serbs will react to this land grab the same way they'll >respond to a >>planned NATO military takeover of Montenegro -- with >bullets. Leakers from >>the NATO head-shed say blueprints are drawn, >invasion troops are ready, and >>when the green light from the >president of Montenegro blinks, it's off to >>another >>swamp. > > >>Kosovo has already cost us too many lives, too many scars and too >many >bucks >>-- $6 billion for the "Air War Victory" -- and Clinton >has just about >>fast-talked Congress out of another $2 billion to >make it through the rest >of >>this year. > >>>Clinton and his military-industrial-congressional-complex pals >clearly >>envision a long-term commitment. Millions are being spent >on permanent >>facilities such as barracks and infrastructure. >Recently, $2.4 million >alone >>was approved for two GI gyms. > >>>One high-ranking NATO insider suggests our forces will slowly pull >out of >>Europe -- where we're not wanted or needed -- and stealthily >slide into the >>Balkans. Closer, incidentally, to our future gas >stations near the Black >Sea. > >>>So, look for even more blood to flow in the Balkans. And also >expect a >>long-time U.S. troop commitment -- unless we citizens >demand that George W. >>Bush and Al Gore debate the "why are we >there" issue and come up with a >>couple of fast exit plans. > >>>Wouldn't it be less dangerous, less costly, far better for our >national >>security -- and a whole lot smarter -- to make the United >States >>oil-independent and let the Europeans worry about their >Balkan backyard all >>by themselves? > >>>Col. David Hackworth is co-author of the 1989 international best- >seller, >>"About Face," and the subsequent "Brave Men" and "Hazardous >Duty.[per thou] >>His latest books, available from WorldNetDaily, is >"Price of Honor." " JC > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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