Word: jacksons
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Earlier this week, the Reverend Jesse Jackson traveled to Belgrade on a "mission of faith." Jackson met with Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, joined hands in prayer with him and succeeded in securing the release of three American POWs...
...moment, there seems to be some diplomatic progress. The release on May 1 of the three detained U.S. servicemen following the mission of the Rev. Jesse Jackson to Belgrade is a welcome sign. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has shown that he would accept a U.N. force in Kosovo, albeit small and lightly armed. NATO has also rightly involved Russia in the diplomatic process, perhaps to make amends for excluding Russia at the start of the conflictnand should include in the diplomatic process the concerns of neighbors such as Montenegro and Macedonia and of nearby NATO members such as Hungary, Italy...
...diplomatic solution to the crisis will not be quick in coming. If past experience is any guide, Milosevic likely consented to the soldiers' release because of his own interests. The release was timed to prevent Clinton from taking any credit, as the White House had requested that Jackson not go, and the move could improve Milosevic's image and therefore his position in a negotiated peace. Such negotiations will not be easy: although there are some issues on which NATO can afford to be flexible, there are many on which the alliance must be adamant--including the removal of Serb...
More war may mean more peace. NATO kept right on bombing Yugoslavia Monday night and shot down a MIG-29 fighter Tuesday, despite urgings to President Clinton from both the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin. But before departing for Europe for a meeting with NATO secretary general Javier Solana and German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Clinton did offer a significant concession to European fears that Washington may be being too intransigent: The President suggested NATO might call a temporary halt to its air campaign if that would aid the "larger purpose" of stopping Serb repression in Kosovo...
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