Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ground troops and who criticized the Clinton Administration for squeamishly "trying to avoid war while waging one." His blunt talk was in such demand that his staff lost track of the number of Kosovo-related TV appearances the Senator had made after the first week of the conflict...
Revenge dramas are as old as Medea (she tore her sons to pieces), as hallowed as Hamlet (seven murders), as familiar as The Godfather. High drama is about the conflict between shades of good and evil, often within the same person. But it's easier to dream up a scenario of slavering evil and imperishable good. This is the moral and commercial equation of melodrama: the greater the outrage suffered, the greater the justification for revenge. You grind me down at first; I grind you up at last. This time it's personal...
...certainly understand the real meaning of "ethnic cleansing." I know from personal experience what it is to be a refugee and how it feels when bombs fall. I am convinced that the NATO war against Serbia is terribly wrong. It is a mistake to take sides in a civil conflict that we do not understand. It is wrong to attack a sovereign country that does not threaten us. It is wrong to impose moral values on others while we have none. It is wrong to take actions that make the situation worse. MIKLOS N. SZILAGYI Tucson, Ariz...
NATO's weapons may work in a war fought on political beliefs, but not in one that is based on differences of culture, ethnicity and, above all, religion. A conflict that goes back to the 1300s cannot be solved by bombing the warring parties. The solution can only come from within the Balkans and its people. ADRIAN CHEW Bruce, Australia...
...K.L.A. called for the complete separation of the province of Kosovo from Serbia on the grounds that most people living there were of Albanian ethnicity and had lost whatever autonomy they once had. This came directly into conflict with the Serb-nationalist idea that Kosovo is "the cradle of Serbian civilization." It is not clear how much support the K.L.A. had (or has) among Kosovo Albanians generally, but it is certain that its attitude played right into the hands of the more lunatic Serb nationalists, who want to get rid of the Kosovars. STEVE J. BROOK Melbourne, Australia...