Louis, I think this is grossly unfair to Barkely. As you know, he and I don't agree on a number of issues but I think your portrayal of Barkely is uncalled for and off the mark. He has a profound knowledge of the Balkans to which I can attest. His interpretation of recent events both of us may question, but that is a different question. I have never understood his fixation with Milosevic and I have made that clear here many times. But he is right. The real issue now is to prevent a ground invasion which will produce a human tragedy on all fronts and most particularly for women and children. The ghastly bombing of the maternity hospital yesterday should make that readily apparent. It is obvious that Blair and Clinton don't care who they kill as long as they triumph. This is the real 'war crime'. Paul Phillips, Economics, University of Manitoba Date sent: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:52:00 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PEN-L:7086] Re: L. Proyect on Albanian Kosovars Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Barkley wrote: > > Well since I've promised to say nothing > >demonizing about that nice charmer in Belgrade > >who undoubtedly cries at the opera, allow me to > >annoy a bunch of people on this list on another front... > > Look, I took off from work today to write what I wrote, most of it relying > on Miranda Vickers, a passionate defender of Kosovar self-determination. Go > ahead and write your own fucking version of what happened in Kosovo from > WWII to 1989. Be my guest. In the meantime, most of the crap you write > seems completely innocent of historical accounts, either pro or con Kosovar > nationalism. I am starting to get the picture that the Internet is not a > scholarly resource for you, but an escape from scholarship. Perhaps it is > amusing like talk radio. "Let's hear from our next caller. Barkley from > Virginia. What's on your mind, Barkley?" "I think Milosevic is rotten and > the Kosovars are decent." "Anything else". "Nope, that's about it." "Okay, > let's hear from our next caller, Benny from the Bronx..." > > > Louis Proyect > (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html) >
[PEN-L:7095] Re: Re: L. Proyect on Albanian Kosovars
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