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...logistical planning. A lot of their capability right now is NATO capability. They're unlikely to do anything NATO wouldn't like. It's being presented as a means of addressing military crises that fail to meet the test of U.S. national interests. One example is the anarchy in Albania that followed the collapse of a pyramid scheme in 1997. The Italian army eventually moved in to stabilize the situation. That was an example E.U. members used to illustrate the function of a European military force. Also, once it is in place by 2003, it would be an efficient...
...When I was in Albania two summers ago, I saw the HLF in action, and they were very professional. I've never heard anything bad about them," Yasin said. "The benefit of [these] foundations is that they are fairly transparent, that where their money goes is clear...
...like Oscar night: You suffer though a lot of pretentious, self-indulgent schmaltz just so you can enjoy a couple of interesting moments that might be memorable and even historic. Like the Oscars, the ceremony can drag on and on: parading 10,000 athletes from 199 countries, Albania through Zimbabwe, makes for a long evening. And that spectacle can become as tedious as actors thanking their agents, except that the athletes dress more exotically...
...unlikely that large amounts of weapons would have been stockpiled without a green light from some quarter of the KLA leadership. The movement has never accepted the limits the international community has sought to impose on their aspirations, and vowed to press on for independence and confederation with Albania rather than the multi-ethnic autonomous enclave favored by the West...
...they have been emphasizing the "mostest" at the expense of the "fustest." The Army has a cold war hangover: the war machines of a U.S. armored division tip the scales at 300,000 tons. It took the molasses-like movement of the Army's AH-64 Apache helicopters to Albania during last year's Kosovo conflict to make planners publicly admit this is no way to fight a war in the future. "Our heavy forces are too heavy, and our light forces lack staying power," General Eric Shinseki declared as he assumed command of the Army last year. To make...